| Entry | T00037 |
| Org code | tac |
| Name | Thermoplasma acidophilum DSM 1728 |
| Category | Reference genome; Type strain |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX: 273075 |
| Lineage | Archaea; Methanobacteriati; Thermoplasmatota; Thermoplasmata; Thermoplasmatales; Thermoplasmataceae; Thermoplasma; Thermoplasma acidophilum |
| Brite | KEGG organisms [BR:br08601]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611] |
| Data source | GenBank Assembly: GCA_000195915.1 (Complete Genome)
BioProject: 110 |
| Comment | Thermoacidophilic archaeon.
Species of the genus Thermoplasma do not possess a rigid cell wall, but are only delimited by a plasma membrane.
It thrives at 59 deg C and pH 2, which was isolated from self-heating coal refuse piles and solfatara fields.
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| Chromosome | Circular (GB: AL139299) |
| Statistics | Number of protein genes: 1478
Number of RNA genes: 45
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| Created | 2000 |
| Reference | PMID: 11029001 |
| Authors | Ruepp A, Graml W, Santos-Martinez ML, Koretke KK, Volker C, Mewes HW, Frishman D, Stocker S, Lupas AN, Baumeister W. |
| Title | The genome sequence of the thermoacidophilic scavenger Thermoplasma acidophilum. |
| Journal | Nature 407:508-13 (2000)
DOI: 10.1038/35035069 |
Thermoplasma acidophilum