Thermococcus chitonophagus
| Thermococcus chitonophagus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
| Phylum: | Euryarchaeota |
| Class: | Thermococci |
| Order: | Thermococcales |
| Family: | Thermococcaceae |
| Genus: | Thermococcus |
| Species: | T. chitonophagus |
| Binomial name | |
| Thermococcus chitonophagus Huber and Stetter 1996 | |
Thermococcus chitonophagus is a chitin-degrading hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. It is anaerobic, round to slightly irregular coccus-shaped, 1.2–2.5 μm in diameter and motile by means of a tuft of flagella.[1]
References
- ↑ Huber, R.; Stöhr, Josef; Hohenhaus, Sabine; Rachel, Reinhard; Burggraf, Siegfried; Jannasch, Holger W.; Stetter, Karl O. (1995). "Thermococcus chitonophagus sp. nov., a novel, chitin-degrading, hyperthermophilic archaeum from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent environment". Archives of Microbiology 164 (4): 255–264. doi:10.1007/s002030050262. ISSN 0302-8933.
Further reading
- Andronopoulou E, Vorgias CE (2003). "Purification and characterization of a new hyperthermostable, allosamidin-insensitive and denaturation-resistant chitinase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus chitonophagus.". Extremophiles 7 (1): 43–53. doi:10.1007/s00792-002-0294-3. PMID 12579379.
- Andronopoulou E, Vorgias CE (2004). "Isolation, cloning, and overexpression of a chitinase gene fragment from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus chitonophagus: semi-denaturing purification of the recombinant peptide and investigation of its relation with other chitinases.". Protein Expr Purif 35 (2): 264–71. doi:10.1016/j.pep.2004.02.002. PMID 15135401.
- Andronopoulou, E; Vorgias, CE (2004). "Multiple components and induction mechanism of the chitinolytic system of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus chitonophagus". Applied microbiology and biotechnology 656 (6): 694–702. doi:10.1007/s00253-004-1640-4. PMID 15322771.