Picrophilaceae

Picrophilaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Thermoplasmata
Order:	Thermoplasmatales
Family:	Picrophilaceae
Binomial name
	Picrophilaceae; Schleper et al. 1996
Genus
	Picrophilus;

In taxonomy, the Picrophilaceae are a family of microbes within Thermoplasmatales.^[1]

Morphology and ecology

The cells are round in shape, thermophilic, heterotrophic, and obligately aerobic. This species is hyperacidophilic, with an optimal pH of 0.7. Its optimal temperature is 60 °C. It has been isolated from fumaroles, acidic sediments, dry solfataric fields, and hot springs in Hokkaidō, Japan.^[2]

^ See the NCBI webpage on Picrophilaceae. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
^ Anna-Louise Reysenbach; Kristen Brileya (2014-10-19). "The Family Picrophilaceae". In Eugene Rosenberg; Edward F. DeLong; Stephen Lory; Erko Stackebrandt; Fabiano Thompson (eds.). The Prokaryotes. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 319–321. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38954-2_326. ISBN 978-3-642-38954-2.