Thermoplasmatales
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Thermoplasmata Reysenbach 2002
Order:	Thermoplasmatales Reysenbach 2002
Families
Thermogymnomonas Itoh et al. 2007 Ferroplasmaceae Golyshina et al. 2000 Acidiplasma Golyshina et al. 2009 Ferroplasma Golyshina et al. 2000 emend. Hawkes et al. 2008 Picrophilaceae Schleper et al. 1996 Picrophilus Schleper et al. 1996 Thermoplasmataceae Reysenbach 2002 Thermoplasma Darland et al. 1970

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.

Phylogeny[edit]

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)^[3] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)^[4] and the phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 106 by 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project.^[5]

Thermogymnomonas acidicola Itoh et al. 2007       Thermoplasma   T. acidophilum Darland et al. 1970 (type sp.)     T. volcanium Segerer et al. 1988         Picrophilus   P. oshimae Schleper et al. 1996 (type sp.)     P. torridus Zillig et al. 1996       Ferroplasmaceae   Acidiplasma   A. aeolicum Golyshina et al. 2009 (type sp.)     A. cupricumulans (Hawkes et al. 2008) Golyshina et al. 2009       Ferroplasma   ?F. acidarmanus ♠ Dopson et al. 2004     ?F. thermophilum ♠ Zhou et al. 2008     F. acidiphilum Golyshina et al. 2000 (type sp.)

Notes:
♠ Strains found at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) but not listed in the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature LPSN

References[edit]

• Madigan, M.T. & Martinko, J.M. (2005). Brock Biology of Microorganisms (11th ed.). Pearson Prentice Hall.

Further reading[edit]

Scientific journals[edit]

• Hubrt, Harald; Stetter, Karl O. (2006). Prokaryotes. Thermoplasmatales. pp. 101–102. doi:10.1007/0-387-30743-5_7. ISBN 978-0-387-25493-7.
• Oueriaghli, Nahid; Bejar, Victoria; Quesada, Emilia; Martinez-Checa, Fernando (2013). "Molecular Ecology Techniques Reveal Both Spatial and Temporal Variations in the Diversity of Archaeal Communities within the Athalassohaline Environment of Rambla Salada, Spain". Microbial Ecology. 66 (2): 297–311. doi:10.1007/s00248-013-0176-5. PMID 23354292. S2CID 18200481.
• Paul, Kristina; Nonoh, James O.; Mikulski, Lena; Brune, Andreas (2012). ""Methanoplasmatales," Thermoplasmatales-Related Archaea in Termite Guts and Other Environments, Are the Seventh Order of Methanogens". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78 (23): 8245–8253. Bibcode:2012ApEnM..78.8245P. doi:10.1128/AEM.02193-12. PMC 3497382. PMID 23001661.
• Snelling, Timothy J; Genc, Bugra; McKain, Nest; Watson, Mick; Waters, Sinead M.; Creevey, Christopher J.; Wallace, R. John (2014). "Diversity and Community Composition of Methanogenic Archaea in the Rumen of Scottish Upland Sheep Assessed by Different Methods". PLOS ONE. 9 (9): e106491. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j6491S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0106491. PMC 4175461. PMID 25250654.

Scientific books[edit]

• Reysenbach, A-L (2001). "Order I. Thermoplasmatales ord. nov.". In DR Boone; RW Castenholz (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-387-98771-2.
• Reysenbach, A-L (2001). "Class IV. Thermoplasmata class. nov.". In DR Boone; RW Castenholz (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-387-98771-2.

Scientific databases[edit]

• PubMed references for Thermoplasmatales
• PubMed Central references for Thermoplasmatales
• Google Scholar references for Thermoplasmatales

External links[edit]

• NCBI taxonomy page for Thermoplasmatales
• Search Tree of Life taxonomy pages for Thermoplasmatales
• Search Species2000 page for Thermoplasmatales
• MicrobeWiki page for Thermoplasmatales
• LPSN page for Thermoplasmatales