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Thermoplasmales
Medical Definition: | An order of aerobic, thermophilic archaea, in the kingdom EURYARCHAEOTA, characterized by the absence of a cell wall. Two genera have been described: THERMOPLASMA and Picrophilus. |
Guide Notes: | an order of the kingdom of Euryarchaeota, of the domain of Archaea |
Also Called: | Picrophilus |
Thermoplasma - A genus of facultatively anaerobic heterotrophic archaea, in the order THERMOPLASMALES, isolated from self-heating coal refuse piles and acid hot springs. They are thermophilic and can grow both with and without sulfur. |
Thermoplasmales Medical Definitions and Terms
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