Thermoplasmatales

Thermoplasmatales
Cuniculiplasma divulgatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Class: Thermoplasmata
Order: Thermoplasmatales
Reysenbach 2002
Families
Synonyms
  • Picrophilales Cavalier-Smith 2002

In taxonomy, the Thermoplasmatales are an order of the Thermoplasmata.[1] All are acidophiles, growing optimally at pH below 2. Picrophilus is currently the most acidophilic of all known organisms, being capable of growing at a pH of -0.06.[2] Many of these organisms do not contain a cell wall, although this is not true in the case of Picrophilus. Most members of the Thermotoplasmata are thermophilic.

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  2. ^ Life in the Universe: Expectations and Constraints