Thermoproteus

Thermoproteus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Proteoarchaeota
Superphylum: TACK group
Phylum: Thermoproteota
Class: Thermoprotei
Order: Thermoproteales
Family: Thermoproteaceae
Genus: Thermoproteus
Zillig & Stetter 1982
Type species
Thermoproteus tenax
Zillig & Stetter 1982
Species

Thermoproteus is a genus of archaeans in the family Thermoproteaceae. These prokaryotes are thermophilic sulphur-dependent organisms related to the genera Sulfolobus, Pyrodictium and Desulfurococcus.[1] They are hydrogen-sulphur autotrophs and can grow at temperatures of up to 95 °C.

  1. ^ Woese C; Olsen G (1986). "Archaebacterial phylogeny: perspectives on the urkingdoms". Syst Appl Microbiol. 7 (2–3): 161–77. doi:10.1016/s0723-2020(86)80001-7. PMID 11542063.