Thermoplasmata

Thermoplasmata
Cuniculiplasma divulgatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Thermoplasmata Reysenbach 2002
Order
"Aciduliprofundales" "Gimiplasmatales" "Lunaplasmatales" Methanomassiliicoccales "Proteinoplasmatales" "Sysuiplasmatales" Thermoplasmatales
Synonyms
Picrophilea Cavalier-Smith 2002 "Thermoplasmatia" Oren, Parte & Garrity 2016 "Thermoplasmia" Cavalier-Smith 2020

In taxonomy, the Thermoplasmata are a class of the Euryarchaeota.^[1]

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 Thermoplasmata are thermophilic.