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Ferroplasma is a genus of Archaea that belong to the family Ferroplasmaceae.

To date very few species of Ferroplasma have been isolated and identified.

Ferroplasma acidiphilum is one species. Another species is Ferroplasma acidarmanus. A third identified species is Ferroplasma cupricumulans.

Cell characteristics and Physiology
Ferroplasma cells are pleomorphic and lack a cell-wall. They are acidophiles that thrive in environments where the pH ranges from 0.0 to 2.0.

Ecological Importance
Section explaining the ecological relevance of Ferroplasma and their relation to acidic environments and acid mine drainage (AMD). Section to include information from recent journal articles.

Ferroplasma acidiphilum
General info for species.

Ferroplasma acidarmanus
General info for species.

Ferroplasma cupricumulans
General info for species.

References[ edit]

 * 1) ^ See the NCBI webpage on Ferroplasma. Data extracted from the