Tags: Archaea.

In taxonomy the Thermoplasmata are a class of the Euryarchaeota.All are acidophiles growing optimally at pH below 2. Picrophilus is currently the most acidophilic of all known organisms growing at a minimum pH of 0.06. Many of these organisms do not contain a cell wall although this is not true in the case of Picrophilus. Most members of Thermotoplasmata are thermophilic.

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