Aeropyrum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Archaea |
Kingdom: | Proteoarchaeota |
Superphylum: | TACK group |
Phylum: | Thermoproteota |
Class: | Thermoprotei |
Order: | Desulfurococcales |
Family: | Desulfurococcaceae |
Genus: | Aeropyrum Sako, Nomura, Uchida, Ishida, Morii, Koga, Hoaki & Maruyama 1996 |
Type species | |
Aeropyrum pernix Sako et al. 1996
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Species | |
Aeropyrum is a genus of archaea in the family Desulfurococcaceae.[1]
The name Aeropyrum derives from:
Greek noun aer, aeros (ἀήρ, ἀέρος), air; Greek neuter gender noun pur, fire; Neo-Latin neuter gender noun Aeropyrum, air fire, referring to the hyperthermophilic respirative character of the organism.[2]
The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely[2]