Aquifex
Sign in to saveAquifex is a bacterial genus, belonging to phylum Aquificota. There is one species of Aquifex with a validly published name – A. pyrophilus – but "A. aeolicus" is sometimes considered as species though it has no standing as a name given it has not been validly or effectively published. Aquifex spp. are extreme thermophiles, growing best at temperature of 85 °C to 95 °C. They are members of the Bacteria as opposed to the other inhabitants of extreme environments, the Archaea.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumAquificota
- ClassAquificae
- OrderAquificales
- FamilyAquificaceae
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Research
709 papers- The hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus: from respiratory pathways to extremely resistant enzymes and biotechnological applications.Advances in microbial physiology · 2012
- Structure of Aquifex aeolicus lumazine synthase by cryo-electron microscopy to 1.42 Å resolution.IUCrJ · 2024
- Mechanistic insights into cyclodextrins as substrates and inhibitors of GH57 family amylopullulanase from Aquifex aeolicus.Journal of structural biology · 2025
- An extensive ion-pair/hydrogen-bond network contributes to the thermostability of the MutL ATPase domain from Aquifex aeolicus.FEMS microbiology letters · 2024
- Isolated Heme A Synthase from Aquifex aeolicus Is a Trimer.mBio · 2020
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Genome structure
- Cell metabolism
- Phylogeny
- Research potential
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Aquifex is a bacterial genus, belonging to phylum Aquificota. There is one species of Aquifex with a validly published name – A. pyrophilus – but "A. aeolicus" is sometimes considered as species though it has no standing as a name given it has not been validly or effectively published. Aquifex spp. are extreme thermophiles, growing best at temperature of 85 °C to 95 °C. They are members of the Bacteria as opposed to the other inhabitants of extreme environments, the Archaea.
Aquifex spp. are rod-shaped bacteria with a length of 2 to 6 μm, have a diameter of around 0.5 μm and are motile. They are non-sporeforming, Gram negative autotrophs. Aquifex means water-maker in Latin, and refers to the fact that its method of respiration creates water. Aquifex tend to form cell aggregates composed of up to 100 individual cells.
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