Thermoproteus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Archaea |
Kingdom: | Proteoarchaeota |
Superphylum: | TACK group |
Phylum: | Thermoproteota |
Class: | Thermoprotei |
Order: | Thermoproteales |
Family: | Thermoproteaceae |
Genus: | Thermoproteus Zillig & Stetter 1982 |
Type species | |
Thermoproteus tenax Zillig & Stetter 1982
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Thermoproteus is a genus of archaeans in the family Thermoproteaceae. These prokaryotes are thermophilic sulphur-dependent organisms related to the genera Sulfolobus, Pyrodictium and Desulfurococcus.[1] They are hydrogen-sulphur autotrophs and can grow at temperatures of up to 95 °C.