Thermococcus profundus

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Thermococcus profundus
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Thermococci
Order: Thermococcales
Family: Thermococcaceae
Genus: Thermococcus
Species: T. profundus
Binomial name
Thermococcus profundus
Kobayashi and Horikoshi 1995

Thermococcus profundus is a hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. It is coccoid-shaped with 1–2 μm in diameter, designated as strain DT5432.[1]

References

  1. Kobayashi, Tetsuo; Kwak, Yi Seong; Akiba, Teruhiko; Kudo, Toshiaki; Horikoshi, Koki (1994). "Thermococcus profundus sp. nov., A New Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Isolated from a Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent". Systematic and Applied Microbiology 17 (2): 232–236. doi:10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80013-5. ISSN 0723-2020. 

Further reading

  • Y. C. Chung, T. Kobayashi, H. Kanai, T. Akiba & T. Kudo (April 1995). "Purification and Properties of Extracellular Amylase from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Thermococcus profundus DT5432". Applied and environmental microbiology 61 (4): 1502–1506. PMID 16534999. 
  • Kawakami, Ryushi; Sakuraba, Haruhiko; Ohshima, Toshihisa (2004). "Gene and primary structures of dye-linked l-proline dehydrogenase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus profundus show the presence of a novel heterotetrameric amino acid dehydrogenase complex". Extremophiles 8 (2): 99–108. doi:10.1007/s00792-003-0368-x. ISSN 1431-0651. 

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