Artigo Acesso aberto

Picrophilus oshimae and Picrophilus torridus fam. nov., gen. nov., sp. nov., Two Species of Hyperacidophilic, Thermophilic, Heterotrophic, Aerobic Archaea

1996; Microbiology Society; Volume: 46; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1099/00207713-46-3-814

ISSN

1465-2102

Autores

Christa Schleper, Gabriela Pühler, Hans‐Peter Klenk, Wolfram Zillig,

Tópico(s)

Enzyme Production and Characterization

Resumo

We describe two species of hyperacidophilic, thermophilic, heterotrophic, aerobic archaea that were isolated from solfataric hydrothermal areas in Hokkaido, Japan. These organisms, Picrophilus oshimae and Picrophilus torridus, represent a novel genus and a novel family, the Picrophilaceae, in the kingdom Euryarchaeota and the order Thermoplasmales. Both of these bacteria are more acidophilic than the genus Thermoplasma since they are able to grow at about pH 0.

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