Thermoproteales are an order of archaeans in the class Thermoprotei.

[1] They are the only organisms known to lack the SSB proteins, instead possessing the protein ThermoDBP that has displaced them.

The rRNA genes of these organisms contain multiple introns, which can be homing endonuclease encoding genes, and their presence can impact the binding of "universal" 16S rRNA primers often used in environmental sequencing surveys.

[2] The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) [3] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)[4] Thermofilaceae Thermoproteaceae Thermofilaceae Thermocladiaceae Thermoproteaceae

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