Cross Index Sufate Reducing Archaea
SuperSet Prokaryote, Archaea
Compare Methanogens
Cell Wall-Less Archaeobacteria
Halophilic Archaeobacteria
Extremely Thermophilic Archaeobacteria
Contrast Eubacteria
Subset Archaeoglobus

A. fulgidus A. profundus

 

Morphology Sufate Reducing Archaea
CELLULAR  
Staining  
Morphology  
Motility  
Specialized structures Blue green fluorescence at 420 nm under the UV microscope
Division  
COLONIAL  
Solid surface  
Liquid  

 

Growth Parameters Sufate Reducing Archaea
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism  
Oxygen strictly anaerobic
pH  
Temperature Extremely thermophilic (growth up to 92 C).
Requires  
Produces reduce sulfate to form hydrogen sulfide Produce traces of methane
Enzymes RNA polymerase is of the (A+C)B'B type.
Unique features Cells possess factor 420 and methanopterin but no coenzyme M and no factor 430.
ENVIRONMENTAL  
Habitat  
Lifestyle  
Pathogenicity  
Distribution  

 

Genome Sufate Reducing Archaea
G+C Mol %  
   

 

Reference Sufate Reducing Archaea
First citation  
Emended  
The Prokaryotes p
Bergey's Systematatic p
Bergey's Determinative p737
References