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 The PIWI domain of an argonaute protein from A. fulgidus, bound to a short double-stranded RNA fragment and illustrating the base-pairing and aromatic stacking stabilization of the bound conformation.
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In taxonomy, the Archaeoglobaceae are a family of the Archaeoglobales.[1] All known genera within the Archaeoglobaceae are hyperthermophilic and can be found near undersea hydrothermal vents.
While all genera within the Archaeoglobaceae are related to each other phylogenetically, the mode of metabolism used by each of these organisms is unique. Archaeoglobus are chemoorganotrophic sulfate-reducing archaea, the only known member of the Archaea that possesses this type of metabolism. Ferroglobus, in contrast, are chemolithotrophic organisms that couple the oxidation of ferrous iron to the reduction of nitrate. Geoglobus are iron reducing-archaea that use hydrogen gas or organic compounds as energy sources.[2]
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References
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Archaeoglobaceae. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.
- ^ * Madigan, M.T. and Martinko, J.M. (2005). Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 11th Ed.. Pearson Prentice Hall.
Further reading
Scientific journals
Scientific books
- Huber H, Stetter KO (2001). "Family I. Archaeoglobaceae fam. nov. Stetter 1989, 2216". in DR Boone and RW Castenholz, eds.. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 169. ISBN 978-0387987712.
- Huber H, Stetter KO (2001). "Order I. Archaeoglobales ord. nov.". in DR Boone and RW Castenholz, eds.. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 169. ISBN 978-0387987712.
- Stetter, KO (1989). "Group II. Archaeobacterial sulfate reducers. Order Archaeoglobales". in JT Staley, MP Bryant, N Pfennig, and JG Holt, eds.. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume 3 (1st ed.). Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Co.. p. 169.
Scientific databases
- PubMed references for Archaeoglobaceae
- PubMed Central references for Archaeoglobaceae
- Google Scholar references for Archaeoglobaceae
External links
- NCBI taxonomy page for Archaeoglobaceae
- Search Tree of Life taxonomy pages for Archaeoglobaceae
- Search Species2000 page for Archaeoglobaceae
- MicrobeWiki page for Archaeoglobaceae
- LSPN page for Archaeoglobaceae
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