| Extremely Thermophilic Archaea |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Archaea, Extremely Thermophilic Archaeobacteria |
| Compare | Methanogens Cell Wall-Less Archaeobacteria Sulfate Reducing Archaeobacteria Halophilic Archaeobacteria Extremely Thermophilic Archaeobacteria |
| Contrast | |
| Subset | Acidianus Desulfurococcus, Desulfurolobus ambivalens Hyperthermus butylicus , Metallosphaera sedula Pyrobaculum Pyrococcus, Pyrodictium Staphylothermus marinus Sulfolobus Thermococcus Thermodiscus maritimus Thermofilum, Thermoproteus |
| Morphology | Extremely Thermophilic Archaea |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram negative |
| Morphology | rods, filaments or cocci |
| Motility | |
| Specialized structures |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Extremely Thermophilic Archaea |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | |
| Oxygen | aerobic, facultatively aerobic or strictly anaerobic |
| pH | Acidophiles and neutrophiles |
| Temperature | Obligately thermophilic 70-105 C Optimal growth temperature between 70 and 105 C.. |
| Requires | autotrophic or heterotrophic growth. |
| Products | Most species are sulfur metabolizers |
| Enzymes | RNA polymerase ofthe BAC type |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Extremely Thermophilic Archaea |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Extremely Thermophilic Archaea |
| First citation | |
| Emended | |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p |
| Bergey's Determinative | p749-755 |
| References |