- In taxonomy,
Picrophilus is an
archaean genus of the
family Picrophilaceae.
Picrophilus is an
extremely acidophilic genus within Euryarchaeota.
These microbes...
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Picrophilus oshimae is a
species of
Archaea described in 1996.
Picrophilus oshimae was
found in a
fumarole in Hokkaido, ****an. The hot
spring the fumarole...
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Picrophilus torridus is a
species of
Archaea described in 1996.
Picrophilus torridus was
found in soil near a hot
spring in Hokkaido, ****an. The pH of...
- Euryarchaeota. All are acidophiles,
growing optimally at pH
below 2.
Picrophilus is
currently the most
acidophilic of all
known organisms growing at a...
- conditions. For example, one of the most
extreme archaean acidophiles is
Picrophilus torridus,
which grows at pH 0,
which is
equivalent to
thriving in 1.2 molar...
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Natronobacterium Acidic systems Volcanic springs, acid mine
drainage pH 0.06 to 1.0
Picrophilus Ionizing radiation Cosmic rays, X-rays,
radioactive decay 1,500 to 6...
- 461–465. doi:10.1128/JB.185.2.461-465.2003. PMC 145327. PMID 12511491.
Picrophilus can grow at pH −0.06.[3]
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optimum growth pH of less than 3,
including the
genera Sulfolobus and
Picrophilus. Piezophiles, (also
known as barophiles),
prefer high
pressure up to...
- in
thermoacidophilic Sulfolobus,
Euryarchaeota Tp. acidophilum, and
Picrophilus species. In npED,
there is no
phosphorylation at all. The
pathway is...
- Thermoplasmata. All are acidophiles,
growing optimally at pH
below 2.
Picrophilus is
currently the most
acidophilic of all
known organisms,
being capable...
