Thermoplasma Explained

In taxonomy, Thermoplasma is a genus of the Thermoplasmataceae.^[1]

Thermoplasma is a genus of archaea. It belongs to the Thermoplasmata, which thrive in acidic and high-temperature environments. Thermoplasma are facultative anaerobes and respire using sulfur and organic carbon. They do not contain a cell wall but instead contain a unique membrane composed mainly of a tetraether lipoglycan containing atypical archaeal tetraether lipid attached to a glucose- and mannose-containing oligosaccharide. This lipoglycan is presumably responsible for the acid and thermal stability of the Thermoplasma membrane.

See also

• List of Archaea genera

Further reading

Scientific journals

• 8 . Ruepp, A. . Graml, W. . Santos-Martinez, M.-L. . Koretke, K.K. . Volker, C. . Werner Mews, H. . Frishman, D. . Stocker, S. . Lupas, A.N. . Baumeister, W. . amp . The genome sequence of the thermoacidophilic scavenger Thermoplasma acidophilum . Nature . 2000 . 407 . 508–513 . 10.1038/35035069 . 11029001 . 6803. 2000Natur.407..508R . free . http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v407/n6803/full/407508a0_fs.html
• Darland G . Brock TD . Thomas D. Brock . Samsonoff W . Conti SF . 1970 . A thermophilic, acidophilic mycoplasma isolated from a coal refuse pile . Science . 170 . 1416–1418 . 5481857 . 10.1126/science.170.3965.1416 . 3965. 1970Sci...170.1416D . 32881484 .
• Ma. Chao. Pathak. Chinar. Jang. Sunbok. Lee. Sang Jae. Nam. Minjoo. Kim. Soon-Jong. Im. Hookang. Lee. Bong-Jin. Structure of Thermoplasma volcanium Ard1 belongs to N-acetyltransferase family member suggesting multiple ligand binding modes with acetyl coenzyme A and coenzyme A. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. October 2014. 1844. 10. 1790–1797. 10.1016/j.bbapap.2014.07.011. 25062911.
• Azami. Yasuhiro. Hattori. Ai. Nishimura. Hiroto. Kawaide. Hiroshi. Yoshimura. Tohru. Hemmi. Hisashi. (R)-Mevalonate 3-Phosphate Is an Intermediate of the Mevalonate Pathway in Thermoplasma acidophilum. Journal of Biological Chemistry. Jun 6, 2014. 289. 23. 15957–15967. 10.1074/jbc.M114.562686. 24755225. 4047369. free.

Scientific books

• Book: Madigan, M.T. . Martinko, J.M. . amp . Brock Biology of Microorganisms . 11th . Pearson Prentice Hall . 2005 .
• Book: Reysenbach, A-L . 2001 . Family I. Thermoplasmataceae fam. nov. . Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria . 2nd . DR Boone . RW Castenholz . Springer Verlag . New York . 978-0-387-98771-2 . registration . https://archive.org/details/bergeysmanualofs00boon .

External links

• Thermoplasma volcanium
• Thermoplasma acidophilum
• The genome sequence of the thermoacidophilic scavenger Thermoplasma acidophilum

Notes and References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Thermoplasma. Data extracted from the Web site: NCBI taxonomy resources . . 2014-06-25.