Aeropyrum

Aeropyrum is a genus of archaea in the family Desulfurococcaceae.

In the Vinony graph

Vinony's link graph records 9 inbound references to Aeropyrum, and connects out to Asgard, Proteoarchaeota and Thermoplasmata.

Vinony files it under Archaea genera and Thermoproteota.

Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

KingdomArchaea
PhylumThermoproteota
ClassThermoproteia
OrderSulfolobales
FamilyAcidilobaceae

Habitatmarine

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Research

349 papers

Advances in Physicochemical and Biochemical Characterization of Archaeosomes from Polar Lipids of Aeropyrum pernix K1 and Stability in Biological Systems.ACS omega · 2023
X-ray crystal structure of proliferating cell nuclear antigen 1 from Aeropyrum pernix.Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications · 2024
Influence of archaeal lipids isolated from Aeropyrum pernix K1 on physicochemical properties of sphingomyelin-cholesterol liposomes.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes · 2024
Self-assembly of Aeropyrum pernix bacilliform virus 1 (APBV1) major capsid protein and its application as building blocks for nanomaterials.Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions · 2022
Evaluation of the Properties of the DNA Methyltransferase from Aeropyrum pernix K1.Microbiology spectrum · 2021

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Acidilobaceae

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taxon name: Aeropyrum
taxon rank: genus
LPSN URL: lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/aeropyrum
taxonomic type: Aeropyrum pernix

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Etymology
Species
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Further reading

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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