  thermus is a genus of thermophilic bacteria. it is one of several bacteria belonging to the deinococcus-thermus group. it includes the following species: *thermus aquaticus brock & freeze, 1969 *thermus antranikianii chung, rainey, valente, nobre, & da costa, 2000 *thermus igniterrae chung, rainey, valente, nobre, & da costa, 2000 *thermus tengchongensis yu, yao, ming, yin, zhou, liu, tang & li, 2013 ==phylogeny==  the currently accepted taxonomy is based on the list of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature (lpsn)  and national center for biotechnology information (ncbi){{cite web |author = sayers et al.| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy/browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=undef&id=1297&lvl=6&lin |title=deinococcus-thermus |accessdate=2014-03-20 |publisher=national center for biotechnology information (ncbi) taxonomy datab
Deinococcus-Thermus Organisms_living_on_hydrothermal_vents Thermophiles Thermozoa