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==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
Domain: Eukaryota; Class: Rhodophyta; Family: Cyanidiaceae; Genus: Galdieria | Domain: Eukaryota; Class: Rhodophyta; Family: Cyanidiaceae; Genus: Galdieria | ||
[[Image:Gsulphatpasecladogram.png|thumb|300px|left|Phylogeny of ATPases in ''G. sulphuria'' Gerald Schönknecht et al. [''Science'' 339, 1207 (2013).]]] | |||
===Species=== | ===Species=== | ||
Species: ''Galdiera sulphuraria'' | Species: ''Galdiera sulphuraria'' | ||
Revision as of 22:06, 19 April 2013
Image of Galdiera sulphuraria courtesy of National Geographic.
Classification
Domain: Eukaryota; Class: Rhodophyta; Family: Cyanidiaceae; Genus: Galdieria
Species
Species: Galdiera sulphuraria
Description and Significance
Galdieria sulphuraria is a eukaryotic, spore-forming, coccus. G. sulphuraria appears yellow-green to dark blue-green grown heterotrophically in liquid culture, and often yellow or green in its natural environment. It is an acidophile, as well a thermophile, and inhabits highly acidic springs at high temperatures.
G. sulphuraria is a mixotrophic organism capable of both photosynthesis and the catabolism of a wide variety of metabolites.
Genome Structure
Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle
Ecology
Image of Galdieria sulphuraria in Reykjavik http://www.nationalgeographic.com National Geographic.
