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- noun Heat and acid tolerant bacteria of the
phylum Crenarchaeota .
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- noun archaebacteria that thrive in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures
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An intracellular mannanase was identified from the thermoacidophile
Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue Y. Zhang 2008
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