The Pyrodictiaceae are a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
of disc-shaped
anaerobic
Anaerobic means "living, active, occurring, or existing in the absence of free oxygen", as opposed to aerobic which means "living, active, or occurring only in the presence of oxygen." Anaerobic may also refer to:
* Anaerobic adhesive, a bonding a ...
microorganisms belonging to the order
Desulfurococcales
The Desulfurococcales are an order of the Thermoprotei, part of the kingdom Archaea. The order encompasses a number of genera which are all thermophilic, autotrophs which utilise chemical energy, typically by reducing sulfur compounds using h ...
, in the domain
Archaea. Members of this family are distinguished from the other family (
Desulfurococcaceae
In taxonomy, the Desulfurococcaceae are a family of the disc-shaped anaerobic microorganisms belonging to the order Desulfurococcales, in the domain Archaea. Members of this family are distinguished from the other family ( Pyrodictiaceae) in t ...
) in the order Desulfurococcales by having an optimal growth temperature above 100 °C, rather than below 100 °C.
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the
List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
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(LPSN) and
National Center for Biotechnology Information
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(NCBI).
References
Further reading
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External links
Archaea taxonomic families
Thermoproteota
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