Thermofilum

Thermofilum
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Thermoproteati
Phylum: Thermoproteota
Class: Thermoprotei
Order: Thermoproteales
Family: Thermofilaceae
Genus:
Zillig & Gierl 1983
Type species
Thermofilum pendens
Zillig and Gierl 1983[1]
Species
  • T. adornatum
  • "T. carboxyditrophum"
  • "T. librum"
  • T. pendens

Thermofilum is a genus of archaea in the family Thermofilaceae.[2]

Thermofilum pendens is a hyperthermic member of the archael kingdom Crenarchaeota,[3] and represents a deep branch in the order Thermoproteales. T. pendens lacks the genes for purine nucleotide biosynthesis and thus relies on environmental sources to meet its purine requirements.[4][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference LPSN was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ a b Anderson I, Rodriguez J, Susanti D, Porat I, Reich C, Ulrich LE, Elkins JG, Mavromatis K, Lykidis A, Kim E, Thompson LS, Nolan M, Land M, Copeland A, Lapidus A, Lucas S, Detter C, Zhulin IB, Olsen GJ, Whitman W, Mukhopadhyay B, Bristow J, Kyrpides N (April 2008). "Genome sequence of Thermofilum pendens reveals an exceptional loss of biosynthetic pathways without genome reduction". J Bacteriol. 190 (8): 2957–65. doi:10.1128/JB.01949-07. PMC 2293246. PMID 18263724.
  4. ^ Brown AM, Hoopes SL, White RH, Sarisky CA (December 2011). "Purine biosynthesis in archaea: variations on a theme". Biol Direct. 6: 63. doi:10.1186/1745-6150-6-63. PMC 3261824. PMID 22168471.