Thermoplasma acidophilum

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Thermoplasma acidophilum
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Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Methanobacteriati
Phylum: Thermoplasmatota
Class: Thermoplasmata
Order: Thermoplasmatales
Family: Thermoplasmataceae
Genus: Thermoplasma
Species:
T. acidophilum
Binomial name
Thermoplasma acidophilum
Darland et al., 1970

Thermoplasma acidophilum is an archaeon, the type species of its genus. [1] Unlike most organisms, its MVA pathway involves (R)-mevalonate-3-phosphate and (R)-mevalonate-3,5-bisphosphate. [2] [3]

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T. acidophilum was originally isolated from a self-heating coal refuse pile, at pH 2 and 59 °C. It is highly flagellated and grows optimally at 56 °C (133 °F) and pH 1.8. The size of a cell is about 1 μm. T. acidophilum lacks a cell wall and the cell membrane is exposed directly outside. T. acidophilum shows various cell shapes depending upon growth conditions and stages.

The full genome of Thermoplasma acidophilum has been sequenced. [4] It is only 1,565 kb in size. [5]

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References

  1. DARLAND (G.), BROCK (T.D.), SAMSONOFF (W.) and CONTI (S.F.): A thermophilic, acidophilic mycoplasma isolated from a coal refuse pile. Science (Washington), 1970, 170, 1416–1418.
  2. Vinokur JM, Korman TP, Cao Z, Bowie JU (2014) Evidence of a novel mevalonate pathway in archaea. Biochemistry 53:4161–4168.
  3. Azami Y, Hattori A, Nishimura H, Kawaide H, YoshimuraT, Hemmi H (2014) (R)-mevalonate-3-phosphate is an intermediate of the mevalonate pathway in Thermoplasma acidophilum. J Biol Chem 289:15957–15967.
  4. Baumeister, Wolfgang; Ruepp, Andreas; Graml, Werner; Santos-Martinez, Martha-Leticia; Koretke, Kristin K.; Volker, Craig; et al. (2000). "The genome sequence of the thermoacidophilic scavenger Thermoplasma acidophilum". Nature. 407 (6803): 508–513. Bibcode:2000Natur.407..508R. doi: 10.1038/35035069 . PMID   11029001.
  5. Stanley Falkow; Eugene Rosenberg; Karl-Heinz Schleifer; Erko Stackebrandt, eds. (October 10, 2006). The Prokaryotes. Vol. 3. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 109. ISBN   0387254935 . Retrieved October 9, 2016.

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