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Aeropyrum is a genus of archaea in the family Desulfurococcaceae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomArchaea
  2. PhylumThermoproteota
  3. ClassThermoproteia
  4. OrderSulfolobales
  5. FamilyAcidilobaceae
Habitatmarine

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Acidilobaceae
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taxon name
Aeropyrum
taxon rank
genus
taxonomic type
Aeropyrum pernix
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Aeropyrum is a genus of archaea in the family Desulfurococcaceae.

==Etymology== The name Aeropyrum derives from:Greek noun aer, aeros (ἀήρ, ἀέρος), air; Greek neuter gender noun pur, fire; Neo-Latin neuter gender noun Aeropyrum, air fire, referring to the hyperthermophilic respirative character of the organism.

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