| Thermoproteus |
| Morphology | Thermoproteus |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | |
| Morphology | Rigid rods of about 0.4 um in diameter and from < 1 to almost 100 um in length. No cell septa. |
| Motility | |
| Specialized structures |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Thermoproteus |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | |
| Oxygen | |
| pH | pH values 1.7-6.5 |
| Temperature | temperatures up to 100`C |
| Requirements | |
| Products | |
| Enzymes | |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | Has been found in acidic hot springs and water holes in Iceland, Italy, North America, New Zealand, the Azores and Indonesia |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Thermoproteus |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Thermoproteus |
| First citation | Ziller and Setter in Zilling,W., K.O.Sttetter, W Schafer, D. Janekovic, S. Wundert, I. Holz, and P. Palm. 1981. Thermoproteales: novel type of extremely thermoacidic, anaerobic archaebacteria isolated from Icelandic solfataras. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Mikrobiol. Hyg. I. Abt. Orig. C2: 205-227 |
| The Prokaryotes | |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 2241 W. Zillig |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 751 |
| References |