Thermoplasma acidophilum Darland et al. 1970
Taxonomy in NCBI database: Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Thermoplasmata; Thermoplasmatales; Thermoplasmataceae.
9062T <-- IFO 15155 <-- T. Itoh <-- ATCC 25905 <-- R. G. Wittler <-- T. D. Brock <-- G. Darland 122-1B2.
Accessioned in 1993.
=ATCC 25905 =DSM 1728 =IFO 15155 =NBRC 15155.
"Thermoplasma acidophila".
Type strain [3373].
Medium: 180;  Temperature: 55°C; Rehydration fluid: 180.
Source: Coal refuse pile [3373].
Biochemistry/Physiology: [3373,3650,3661].
Quinone: MK-7 [3689], MMK-7 [3690], MK-7, MMK-7 [3691].
G+C (mol%): 46 (Tm), 45 (HPLC) [3650], 45.0 (Bd) [3660], 46.9 (Bd) [3674], 46.8 (TLC) [3675].
DNA-DNA relatedness: [3650,3660,3698,3700].
Phylogeny: 5S, 16S and 23S rRNA genes [3907], 5S rRNA gene (M32297, X02709) [3975], 16S rRNA gene (M38637) [3905], 23S rRNA gene (M32298) [3687], EF-1α gene (X53866) [3867], EF-2 gene (X56840) [3868].
Other taxonomic data: DNA-dependent RNA polymerase [3811]; Polyamine [3632,5609]; Sensitivity of ribosome to antibiotics [3699,3764].
Taxonomy: [3650].
Genome sequence: AL139299 [4949].
More information: Fermenter cultivation [3866]; Preservation [3716].
NCBI Taxonomy ID: 2303.
Genomic DNA is available from RIKEN BRC-DNA Bank: JGD 07523.
Publication(s) using this strain [A06199, A12082, A13114, A14433, A17135].