Picrophilus torridus

Picrophilus torridus is a species of Archaea described in 1996.[1] Picrophilus torridus was found in soil near a hot spring in Hokkaido, Japan. The pH of the soil was less than 0.5.[2]

Picrophilus torridus
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P. torridus
Binomial name
Picrophilus torridus
Schleper et al. 1996

References

  1. Schleper; Pühler; Klenk & Zillig (July 1996). "Picrophilus oshimae and Picrophilus tomdus fam. nov., gen. nov., sp. nov., Two Species of Hyperacidophilic, Thermophilic, Heterotrophic, Aerobic Archae" (PDF). International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. International Union of Microbiological Societies. 46 (3): 814–816. doi:10.1099/00207713-46-3-814. ISSN 1466-5034. OCLC 807119723. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  2. Siddiqui; Thomas, eds. (2008). "Thermoacidophiles and their Protein Adaptation to Low pH and High Temperature". Protein Adaptation in Extremophiles. Nova Publishers. ISBN 9781604560190. Retrieved 31 October 2013.

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