Thermofilaceae Explained

Thermofilaceae are a family of archaea in the order Thermoproteales.^[1]

Taxonomy

Taxonomy from List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)^[2] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Further reading

• Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes . 2005 . The nomenclatural types of the orders Acholeplasmatales, Halanaerobiales, Halobacteriales, Methanobacteriales, Methanococcales, Methanomicrobiales, Planctomycetales, Prochlorales, Sulfolobales, Thermococcales, Thermoproteales and Verrucomicrobiales are the genera Acholeplasma, Halanaerobium, Halobacterium, Methanobacterium, Methanococcus, Methanomicrobium, Planctomyces, Prochloron, Sulfolobus, Thermococcus, Thermoproteus and Verrucomicrobium, respectively. Opinion 79 . Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. . 55 . 517–518 . 15653928 . Pt 1 . 10.1099/ijs.0.63548-0. free .
• 10.1099/00207713-47-3-657 . Burggraf S . Huber H . Stetter KO . 1997 . Reclassification of the crenarchael orders and families in accordance with 16S rRNA sequence data . Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. . 47 . 657–660 . 9226896 . 3. free .
• 6 . Zillig W . Stetter KO . Schafer W . Janekovic D . Wunderl S . Holz I . Palm P . 1981 . Thermoproteales: a novel type of extremely thermoacidophilic anaerobic archaebacteria isolated from Icelandic solfataras . Zentralbl. Mikrobiol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. . C2 . 205–227 .
• Zillig W . Tu J . Holz I . 1981 . Thermoproteales--a third order of thermoacidophilic archaebacteria . Nature . 293 . 85–86 . 6791033 . 10.1038/293085a0 . 5827. 1981Natur.293...85Z . 32480643 .

Notes and References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Thermofilaceae. Data extracted from the Web site: NCBI taxonomy resources . . 2007-03-19.
2. Web site: J.P. Euzéby . Thermofilaceae . List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). 2021-06-27.
3. Web site: The LTP . 10 May 2023.
4. Web site: LTP_all tree in newick format. 10 May 2023.
5. Web site: LTP_06_2022 Release Notes. 10 May 2023.
6. Web site: GTDB release 08-RS214 . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
7. Web site: ar53_r214.sp_label . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
8. Web site: Taxon History . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.