aeropyrum aeropyrum in taxonomy, aeropyrum is a genus of the desulfurococcaceae. aeropyrum scientific classification domain: archaea kingdom: proteoarchaeota superphylum: tack group phylum: thermoproteota class: thermoprotei order: sulfolobales family: acidilobaceae genus: aeropyrumsako, nomura, uchida, ishida, morii, koga, hoaki & maruyama 1996 type species aeropyrum pernixsako et al. 1996 species a. camini a. pernix etymology the name aeropyrum derives from:greek noun aer, aeros (ἀήρ, ἀέρος), air; greek neuter gender noun pur, fire; neo-latin neuter gender noun aeropyrum, air fire, referring to the hyperthermophilic respirative character of the organism. species the genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely a. camini ( nakagawa et al. 2004, ; latin genitive case noun camini, of a chimney, relating to its isolation from a hydrothermal vent chimney.) a. pernix ( sako et al. 1996, (type species of the genus).; latin neuter gender adjective pernix, nimble, active, agile, indicating high motility in microscopic inspection.)