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The __**Thernoplasma Acidophilum**__ is a thermoacidophilic archaeon that thrives at 59 degrees C and pH 2, which was isolated from self-heating coal refuse piles and solfatara fields. It is among the most acidophilic organism known. Species of the genus //Thermoplasma//lack rigid cell wall, but are only delimited by a plasma membrane. Microbial physiologists and structural biologists have long been fascinated by the ability of this microorganism to grow at high temperatures and low pH without the structural protection of a conventional cell wall. The thermoplasma acidophilumn plays an important role in the environment because it acts as a scavenger in the extreme environment. It has adapted to scavenging nutrients from the decomposition of organisms killed by the extreme acidity and requires yeast, bacterial or meat extract when grown in culture. Thermoplasma acidophilum is a prokaryote and does asexual reproduction.

domain: Archaea kingdom: Euryarchaeota phylum: Euryarchaeota class: thermoplasmata order: thermoplasmatales family: thermoplasmataceae genus: thermoplasma

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