- Aquifex aeolicus
Taxobox
color = lightgrey
name = Aquificeae
regnum =Bacteria
phylum =Aquificae
classis =Aquificae
ordo =Aquificales
familia =Aquificaceae
genus = "Aquifex "
species = "A. aeolicus"
binomial = "Aquifex aeolicus"
binomial_authority = Huber and Stetter,1992 "Aquifex aeolicus" is a rod-shaped
bacterium with a length of 2 to 6 micrometers and a diameter of around half a micrometer. It is one of a handful of species in theAquificae phylum, an unusual group of thermophilic bacteria that are thought to be some of the oldest species ofbacteria ."A. aeolicus" grows best in water between 85 to 95 °C, and can be found near underwater
volcano es orhot spring s. It requiresoxygen to survive (though it can grow in levels of oxygen as low as 7.5 ppm), and its method of respiration produces water as a byproduct. ("Aquifex" means "water-maker.") Members of the species tend to form large cell conglomerations, comprised of up to 100 individual cells. It was discovered around islands north ofSicily .The
genome of "A. aeolicus" has been successfully mapped. This was made easier by the fact that the length of the genome is only about a third of the length of the genome for "E. coli ". Comparison of the "Aquifex aeolicus" genome to other organisms showed that around 16% of its genes originated from theArchaea domain.External links and references
* [http://biology.kenyon.edu/Microbial_Biorealm/bacteria/aquifex/aquifex.htm Aquifex] from Kenyon Biology
* Deckert, Gerard, et al. 1998. " [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=98196666&dopt=Abstract The complete genome of the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus.] " Nature, Vol. 392. Macmillan Publishers. 353-358.
* [http://cmr.tigr.org/tigr-scripts/CMR/GenomePage.cgi?database=ntaa01 "Aquifex" aeolicus VF5 Genome Page]
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