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Thermoplasma volcanium Segerer et al. 1988
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Thermoplasma volcanium is a moderate thermoacidophilic archaea isolated from acidic hydrothermal vents and solfatara fields.[1][2] It contains no cell wall and is motile.[1] It is a facultative anaerobic chemoorganoheterotroph.[1][2] No previous phylogenetic classifications have been made for this organism.[1] Thermoplasma volcanium reproduces asexually via binary fission and is nonpathogenic.[1]