Thermoplasma Darland et al., 1970
- Dataset
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Euryarchaeota
- phylum
- Euryarchaeota
- class
- Thermoplasmata
- order
- Thermoplasmatales
- family
- Thermoplasmataceae
- genus
- Thermoplasma
Abstract
In taxonomy, Thermoplasma is a genus of the Thermoplasmataceae.See the NCBI webpage on Thermoplasma. Data extracted from the 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. Currently the genus Thermoplasma contains two species, T. acidophilum and T. volcanium.