Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.361

Name

Thermoplasma Darland et al. 1970 emend. Freundt 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Thermoplasmataceae Reysenbach 2002

Members

species	Thermoplasma acidophilum Darland et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)
species	Thermoplasma volcanium Segerer et al. 1988

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Archaea Woese et al. 1990
phylum Thermoplasmatota Rinke et al. 2019
class Thermoplasmata Reysenbach 2002
order Thermoplasmatales Reysenbach 2002
family Thermoplasmataceae Reysenbach 2002
genus Thermoplasma Darland et al. 1970 emend. Freundt 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the genus Thermoplasma Darland et al. 1970 emend. Freundt 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.361.

Source File

10.1601/tx.361.xml


This information was last reviewed on July 6, 2010.

References

Darland G, Brock TD, Samsonoff W, Conti SF. A thermophilic, acidophilic mycoplasma isolated from a coal refuse pile. Science 1970; 170:1416-1418. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.170.3965.1416 [PubMed].
Segerer A, Langworthy TA, Stetter KO. Thermoplasma acidophilum and Thermoplasma volcanium sp. nov. from solfatara fields. Syst Appl Microbiol 1988; 10:161-171.