''Truepera'' is the only genus of

bacteria Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one Cell (biology), biological cell. They constitute a large domain (biology), domain of Prokaryote, prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micr ...

in the family Trueperaceae from the phylum

Deinococcota Deinococcota (synonym, Deinococcus-Thermus) is a phylum of bacteria with a single class, ''Deinococci'', that are highly resistant to environmental hazards, also known as extremophiles. These bacteria have thick cell walls that give them gram-po ...

. It has one species, ''Truepera radiovictrix''. The following points accounts for the characteristics of the only known species: * These strains form orange/red colonies and have spherical-shaped cells. * Optimum growth temperature of about 50 °C. * Optimum pH for growth between about 7.5 and 9.5, and do not grow at pH below 6.5 or above pH 11.2. * They are extremely resistant to

ionizing radiation Ionizing (ionising) radiation, including Radioactive decay, nuclear radiation, consists of subatomic particles or electromagnetic waves that have enough energy per individual photon or particle to ionization, ionize atoms or molecules by detaching ...

. For instance up to 60% of the cells can survive even after being exposed to 5.0 kGy * These strains are chemo-organotrophic and

aerobic Aerobic means "requiring air," in which "air" usually means oxygen. Aerobic may also refer to * Aerobic exercise, prolonged exercise of moderate intensity * Aerobics, a form of aerobic exercise * Aerobic respiration, the aerobic process of cellu ...

; do not grow in ''Thermus'' medium under anaerobic conditions with or without nitrate as electron acceptor and glucose as a source of carbon and energy, but ferment glucose to d-lactate without formation of gas. They assimilate a large variety of sugars,

organic acid An organic acid is an organic compound with acidic properties. The most common organic acids are the carboxylic acids, whose acidity is associated with their carboxyl group –COOH. Sulfonic acids, containing the group –SO2OH, are re ...

s and

amino acid Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups. Although over 500 amino acids exist in nature, by far the most important are the 22 α-amino acids incorporated into proteins. Only these 22 a ...

s. The sole species of this genus, ''Truepera radiovictrix,'' can be distinguished from other Deinococci as well as all other bacteria by the presence of five

conserved signature indels Conserved signature inserts and deletions (CSIs) in protein sequences provide an important category of molecular markers for understanding phylogenetic relationships. CSIs, brought about by rare genetic changes, provide useful phylogenetic markers ...

(CSIs) exclusively found in this species in the proteins such as

chorismate synthase The enzyme chorismate synthase (EC 4.2.3.5) catalyzes the chemical reaction :5-''O''-(1-carboxyvinyl)-3-phosphoshikimate \rightleftharpoons chorismate + phosphate This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically those carbon-oxygen l ...

and CTP synthetase.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q26700329, from2=Q26298271, from3=Q26298264 Deinococcota Bacteria genera Monotypic bacteria genera

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