- Picrophilus
Taxobox
color = darkgray
name = "Picrophilus"
domain =Archaea
phylum =Euryarchaeota
classis =Thermoplasmata
ordo =Thermoplasmatales
familia =Picrophilaceae
genus = "Picrophilus"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "P. oshimae"
* "P. torridus"
synonyms =
* "Picrophilus Schleper et al. 1996"In taxonomy, "Picrophilus" is a
genus of thePicrophilaceae . [See the NCBI [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=46631 webpage on Picrophilus] . Data extracted from the cite web | url=ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/ | title=NCBI taxonomy resources | publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information | accessdate=2007-03-19]The genus "Picrophilus" is an extremely acidophilic genus within the
Euryarchaeota . These microbes are the most acidophilic organisms currently known, with the ability to grow at a pH of 0.06. They are obligate acidophiles and are unable to maintain their membrane integrity at pH values higher than 4. While phylogenetically related to other organisms within theThermoplasmata , unlike "Thermoplasma " and "Ferroplasma ", "Picrophilus" contains anS-layer cell wall.References
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