In
taxonomy
Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification.
A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...
, the Thermoproteales are an
order of the
Thermoprotei
The Thermoprotei is a class of the Thermoproteota.
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information
The National Cente ...
. They are the only organisms known to lack the
SSB proteins, instead possessing the protein
ThermoDBP that has displaced them.
The rRNA genes of these organisms contain multiple introns, which can be homing endonuclease encoding genes, and their presence can impact the binding of "universal" 16S rRNA primers often used in environmental sequencing surveys.
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Further reading
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External links
Archaea taxonomic orders
Thermoproteota
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