ARCHAEBACTERIA

Species Representative
 METHANOBREVIBACTER SMITHII

 Taxonomic Classification - Domain: Archaea, Kingdom: Euryarchaeota, Phylum:

Euryarchaeota, Class: Methanobacteria, Order: Methanobacteriales, Family:
Methanobacteriaceae, Genus: Methanobrevibacter
 Common name - Methanobrevibacter
 Methanobrevibacter smithii are found in the human intestine.
1. It helps in the breakdown of complex plant sugars and extracts energy from the food
consumed by us.
2. Cannot perform photosynthesis and show high levels gene transfer between lineages.
 HYPERTHERMUS BUTYLICUS

 Taxonomic Classification - Domain: Archaea, Kingdom: Crenarchaeota, Phylum:

Crenarchaeota, Class: Thermoprotei, Order: Desulfurococcales, Family:
Pyrodictiaceae, Genus: Hyperthermus
 Common name - Hyperthermus
 This aquatic anaerobe is found near the coast of the island of Sao Miguel, Azores,
portugal. Found in tempreratures as high as 112°C.
1. H. butylicus, a hyperthermophilic sulfur-reducing archaebacterium that ferments
peptides.
2. It grows beween 80 and 108 degree celsius with a broad temperature optimum.
 HALOSIMPLEX

 Taxonomic Classification - Domain: Archaea, Kingdom: Euryarchaeota, Phylum:

Euryarchaeota, Class: Halobacteria, Order: Halobacteriales, Family:
Halobacteriaceae, Genus: Halosimpolex
 Common name - Halosimpolex
 Halosimplex can be found in water bodies with salt concentration more than five times
greater than that the ocean.
1. They are main component of microbial mass in environments such as the dead
sea, hypersaline soda lakes and potash mines.
2. Halosimplex are organism that need salt in their environement in order to live.
 SULFOLOBUS METALLICUS

 Taxonomic Classification - Domain: Archaea, Kingdom: Crenarchaeota, Phylum:

Crenarchaeota, Class: Thermoprotei, Order: Sulfolobales, Family: Sulfolobaceae, Genus:
Sulfolobus
 Common name - Sulfolobus
 Sulfolobus has been found in different areas including Yellow National Park, Mount St.
Helens, Iceland, Italy and Russia to name a few Sulfolobus is located almost wherever
there is volcanic activity.
1. It has many uses that take advantage of its ability to grow on metal media under acidic
and hot environments.
2. Sulfolobus metallicus is a coccoid shaped thermophilic archaeon. It is a strict
chemolithoautotroph gaining energy by oxidation of sulphur and sulphidic ores into sulfuric acid.
 Aeropyrum pernix

 Taxonomic Classification - Domain: Archaea, Kingdom: Crenarchaeota, Phylum:

Crenarchaeota, Class: Thermoprotei, Order: Desulfuroccocales, Family:
Desulfuroccocaceae, Genus: Aeropyrum
 Common name - Aeropyrum
 Aeropyrum pernix are found in harsh environments such as hydrothermal vents.
1. It is an obligatorily thermophilic species.
2. The first specimens were isolated from sediments in the sea off the coast of Japan