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Thermofilum is a genus of archaea in the family Thermofilaceae.[1]

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Thermofilum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Proteoarchaeota
Superphylum: TACK group
Phylum: Thermoproteota
Class: Thermoprotei
Order: Thermoproteales
Family: Thermofilaceae
Genus: Thermofilum
Zillig & Gierl 1983
Type species
Thermofilum pendens
Zillig and Gierl 1983
Species
  • T. adornatum
  • "T. carboxyditrophum"
  • "T. librum"
  • T. pendens
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Thermofilum pendens is a hyperthermic member of the archael kingdom Crenarchaeota,[2] 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.[3][2]

Taxonomy

Cladogram was taken from GTDB release 06-RS202.[4][5][6] Taxonomy from List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[7] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[1]

Thermofilaceae
Infirmifilum

"I. lucidum" Zayulina et al. 2021

"I. uzonense" (Toshchakov et al. 2016) Zayulina et al. 2021

Thermofilum

T. adornatum Zayulina et al. 2020

T. pendens Zillig & Gierl 1983

References

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