Aeropyrum

In taxonomy, Aeropyrum is a genus of the 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, (Type species of the genus).; Latin neuter gender adjective pernix, nimble, active, agile, indicating high motility in microscopic inspection.) ^[4]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

References

Aeropyrum est un genre d'archées de la famille des Desulfurococcaceae.

Notes et références

• (en) Nomura N, Sako Y, Uchida A, « Reevaluation of the phylogenetic depth of the marine aerobic hyperthermophilic archaeon Aeropyrum pernix based on comparative analysis of 23S rRNA sequences », Fisheries Science, vol. 65,‎ 1999, p. 254–258.

• (en) Burggraf S, Huber H, Stetter KO, « Reclassification of the crenarchael orders and families in accordance with 16S rRNA sequence data », Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., vol. 47, n^o 3,‎ 1997, p. 657–660. PMID 9226896

• (en) Sako Y, Nomura N, Uchida A, Ishida Y, Morii H, Koga Y, Hoaki T, Maruyama T, « Aeropyrum pernix gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel aerobic hyperthermophilic archaeon growing at temperatures up to 100 degrees C », Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., vol. 46, n^o 4,‎ 1996, p. 1070–1077. PMID 8863437

• (en) Zillig W, Stetter KO, Prangishvilli D, Schafer W, Wunderl S, Janekovic D, Holz I, Palm P, « Desulfurococcaceae, the second family of the extremely thermophilic, anaerobic, sulfur-respiring Thermoproteales », Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig., vol. C3,‎ 1982, p. 304–317.

에로피룸속은 데술푸로콕쿠스과의 한 속이다.^[1]

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