Tags: Bacteria.

Aquifex is a genus of bacteria one of the few in the phylum Aquificae. The two species generally classified in Aquifex are A. pyrophilus and A. aeolicus. Both are highly thermophilic growing best in water temperature of 85 °C to 95 °C. They are true bacteria as opposed to the other inhabitants of extreme environments the Archaea.Both known species of Aquifex are rod-shaped bacteria with a length of 2 to 6 µm and a diameter of around 0.5 µm.

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