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Thermofilum

Genus of archaea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Thermofilum is a genus of archaea in the family Thermofilaceae.[2]

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Thermofilum pendens is a hyperthermic member of the archael kingdom Crenarchaeota,[3] and represents a deep branch in the order Thermoproteales. T. pendens lacks the genes for purine nucleotide biosynthesis and thus relies on environmental sources to meet its purine requirements.[4][3]

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Taxonomy

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[2]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024[5][6][7] 53 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220[8][9][10]
Thermofilum

T. uzonense Toshchakov et al. 2016

T. adornatum

T. pendens

Infirmifilum

I. lucidum Zayulina et al. 2024

I. uzonense (Toshchakov et al. 2016) Zayulina et al. 2024

Thermofilum

T. adornatum Zayulina et al. 2020

T. pendens Zillig & Gierl 1983

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