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Thermoplasma
| Medical Definition: | 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. |
| Guide Notes: | a genus of archaea found in burning slag & hot springs |
| Previously Indexed: | Bacteria (1966-1974),Mycoplasmatales (1975) |
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