Aeropyrum

Aeropyrum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Proteoarchaeota
Superphylum:	TACK group
Phylum:	Thermoproteota
Class:	Thermoprotei
Order:	Desulfurococcales
Family:	Desulfurococcaceae
Genus:	Aeropyrum Sako et al. 1996
Type species
Aeropyrum pernix Sako et al. 1996
Species
A. camini A. pernix

Aeropyrum is a genus of archaea in the family Desulfurococcaceae.[1]

Etymology

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]

Species

The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely[2]

• A. camini Nakagawa et al. 2004 (Latin genitive case noun camini, of a chimney, relating to its isolation from a hydrothermal vent chimney.)[3]
• A. pernix Sako et al. 1996 (Latin neuter gender adjective pernix, nimble, active, agile, indicating high motility in microscopic inspection.) [4]

See also

• List of Archaea genera

References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Aeropyrum. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
2. Aeropyrum in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
3. Nakagawa, S. (2004). "Aeropyrum camini sp. nov., a strictly aerobic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (2): 329–335. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02826-0. PMID 15023940.
4. Sako, Y.; Nomura, N.; Uchida, A.; Ishida, Y.; Morii, H.; Koga, Y.; Hoaki, T.; Maruyama, T. (1996). "Aeropyrum pernix gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Aerobic Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Growing at Temperatures up to 100 C". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 46 (4): 1070–1077. doi:10.1099/00207713-46-4-1070. PMID 8863437.

Further reading

• Nomura N; Sako Y; Uchida A (1999). "Reevaluation of the phylogenetic depth of the marine aerobic hyperthermophilic archaeon Aeropyrum pernix based on comparative analysis of 23S rRNA sequences". Fisheries Science. 65 (2): 254–258. doi:10.2331/fishsci.65.254.
• Burggraf S; Huber H; Stetter KO (1997). "Reclassification of the crenarchael orders and families in accordance with 16S rRNA sequence data". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 47 (3): 657–660. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-3-657. PMID 9226896.
• Sako Y; Nomura N; Uchida A; Ishida Y; Morii H; Koga Y; Hoaki T; Maruyama T (1996). "Aeropyrum pernix gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel aerobic hyperthermophilic archaeon growing at temperatures up to 100 degrees C". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 46 (4): 1070–1077. doi:10.1099/00207713-46-4-1070. PMID 8863437.
• Zillig W; Stetter KO; Prangishvilli D; Schafer W; Wunderl S; Janekovic D; Holz I; Palm P (1982). "Desulfurococcaceae, the second family of the extremely thermophilic, anaerobic, sulfur-respiring Thermoproteales". Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. C3: 304–317.
• Daifuku, Takashi; Yoshida, Takashi; Kitamura, Takayuki; Kawaichi, Satoshi; Inoue, Takahiro; Nomura, Keigo; Yoshida, Yui; Kuno, Sotaro; Sako, Yoshihiko (October 2013). "Variation of the Virus-Related Elements within Syntenic Genomes of the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Aeropyrum" (PDF). American Society for Microbiology. 79 (19): 5891–5898. Bibcode:2013ApEnM..79.5891D. doi:10.1128/AEM.01089-13. PMC 3811351. PMID 23872576.