Thermoplasma
Genus of archaea
title: "Thermoplasma" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["archaea-genera", "euryarchaeota"] description: "Genus of archaea" topic_path: "general/archaea-genera" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoplasma" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of archaea ::
| taxon = Thermoplasma | authority = Darland et al. 1970 | type_species = Thermoplasma acidophilum | type_species_authority = Darland et al. 1970 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =
- T. acidophilum
- "T. thiooxidans"
- T. volcanium
Thermoplasma is a genus of archaeans. It belongs to the class Thermoplasmata, which thrive in acidic and high-temperature environments. Thermoplasma are facultative anaerobes and respire using sulfur and organic carbon. They do not contain a cell wall but instead contain a unique membrane composed mainly of a tetraether lipoglycan containing atypical archaeal tetraether lipid attached to a glucose- and mannose-containing oligosaccharide. This lipoglycan is presumably responsible for the acid and thermal stability of the Thermoplasma membrane.
References
References
- "NCBI taxonomy resources". [[National Center for Biotechnology Information]].
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