Biology:Picrophilus
Picrophilus is a genus of archaeans in the family Picrophilaceae.[1]
Picrophilus is an extremely acidophilic genus within Euryarchaeota. These microbes are the most acidophilic organisms currently known,[2] with the ability to grow at a pH of less than 0.5.[3] They were first isolated from samples taken from acidic hot springs and dry hot soil in Hokkaido (Japan). They are obligate acidophiles and are unable to maintain their membrane integrity at pH values above 4. While phylogenetically related to other organisms within Thermoplasmata, unlike Thermoplasma and Ferroplasma, Picrophilus contains an S-layer cell wall.
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[4] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[1]
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See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 C.L. Schoch. "Picrophilus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?command=show&mode=tree&id=46631&lvl=3.
- ↑ C.Michael Hogan. 2010. Extremophile. eds. E.Monosson and C.Cleveland. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment, Washington DC.
- ↑ Life in the Universe: Expectations and Constraints
- ↑ Picrophilus in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research 53: D1–D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
- ↑ "The LTPlus". https://bioinfo.uib.es/ltp/#LTPlus.
- ↑ "LTP_all tree in newick format". https://biocom.uib.es/opucheck-backend/api/releases/07_26_04.
- ↑ Rossello-Mora, Ramon; Viver, Tomeu; Palmer-Rodríguez, Pere; Westram, Ralf; Bustos-Caparros, Esteban; Gago, Joan Francisco; Gonzalez-Mendez, Jaime; Llabrés, Mercè et al. (22 April 2026). "A pipeline for improved 16S rRNA gene-based phylogeny and diversity analyses of Bacteria and Archaea" (in en). Nature Portfolio. doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-9370187/v1. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9370187/v1.
- ↑ "GTDB release 11-RS232". https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/about#4%7C.
- ↑ "ar53_r232.sp_label". https://data.gtdb.ecogenomic.org/releases/release232/232.0/auxillary_files/ar53_r232.sp_labels.tree.
- ↑ "Taxon History". https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/taxon_history/.
Further reading
- Schleper C; Puhler G; Klenk HP; Zillig W (1996). "Picrophilus oshimae and Picrophilus torridus fam. nov., gen. nov., sp. nov., two species of hyperacidophilic, thermophilic, heterotrophic, aerobic archaea". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 46 (3): 814–816. doi:10.1099/00207713-46-3-814.
- Schleper C; Puehler G; Holz I; Gambacorta A et al. (1995). "Picrophilus gen. nov., fam. nov.: a novel aerobic, heterotrophic, thermoacidophilic genus and family comprising archaea capable of growth around pH 0". J. Bacteriol. 177 (24): 7050–7059. doi:10.1128/jb.177.24.7050-7059.1995. PMID 8522509.
- Thuermer, Andrea; Voigt, Birgit; Angelov, Angel; Albrecht, Dirk et al. (December 2011). "Proteomic analysis of the extremely thermoacidophilic archaeon Picrophilus torridus at pH and temperature values close to its growth limit". Proteomics 11 (23): 4559–4568. doi:10.1002/pmic.201000829. PMID 22114103.
External links
- Picrophilus at Lifemap NCBI Version
- Picrophilaceae at OneZoom
- Picrophilus at LifeGate
Wikidata ☰ Q3267581 entry
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