| Species: | Thermoplasma acidophilum
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| Species code: | THEAC
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| Type: | Archaea
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| Taxonomy: | Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Thermoplasmata; Thermoplasmatales; Thermoplasmataceae; Thermoplasma (TaxID: 2303)
[NEWT /
NCBI]
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| Strain(s): | DSM 1728
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| Genome: | circular, 1.56 Mb; no ECE
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| Reference(s): |
MEDLINE=20479972
[NCBI, ExPASy, Israel, Japan]; PubMed=11029001;
Ruepp A., Graml W., Santos-Martinez M.-L., Koretke K.K., Volker C.,
Mewes H.-W., Frishman D., Stocker S., Lupas A.N., Baumeister W.;
"The genome sequence of the thermoacidophilic scavenger Thermoplasma
acidophilum.";
Nature 407:508-513(2000).
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| Genome official sequence WWW site(s): |
http://www.biochem.mpg.de/baumeister/genome/
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| Other WWW site(s): |
GIB (DDBJ)
TIGR CMR
EBI GeneQuiz
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| Description: | Thermoacidophilic archaeon that thrives at 59 degrees Celsius and
pH 2 which was isolated from self-heating coal refuse piles and
solfatara fields. Does not possess a cell wall but is delimited only
by a plasma membrane.
Inhabits a hot and highly acidic environment sometimes as low as pH
0.5. Adapted to scavenging nutrients from the decomposition of
organims killed by the acidity.
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| Properties: | Number of membranes : 1
Presence of a flagella : Yes
Number of inteins : 1
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