Thermococcus peptonophilus
| Thermococcus peptonophilus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
| Phylum: | Euryarchaeota |
| Class: | Thermococci |
| Order: | Thermococcales |
| Family: | Thermococcaceae |
| Genus: | Thermococcus |
| Species: | T. peptonophilus |
| Binomial name | |
| Thermococcus peptonophilus González et al. 1996 | |
Thermococcus peptonophilus is a fast-growing hyperthermophilic archaeon. It is coccus-shaped, obligately anaerobic and about 0.7–2 μm in diameter.[1]
References
- ↑ González, Juan M.; Kato, C.; Horikoshi, Koki (1995). "Thermococcus peptonophilus sp. nov., a fast-growing, extremely thermophilic archaebacterium isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vents". Archives of Microbiology 164 (3): 159–164. doi:10.1007/s002030050249. ISSN 0302-8933.
Further reading
Lee, Jong II; Kim, Yun Jae; Bae, Heejin; Cho, Sung Suk; Lee, Jung-Hyun; Kwon, Suk-Tae (March 2010). "Biochemical Properties and PCR Performance of a Family B DNA Polymerase from Hyperthermophilic Euryarchaeon Thermococcus peptonophilus". Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 160 (6). doi:10.1007/s12010-009-8658-0.
- Canganella, Francesco, et al. "Pressure and temperature effects on growth and viability of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus peptonophilus."Archives of microbiology 168.1 (1997): 1-7.
- Horikoshi, Koki. "Alkaliphiles: some applications of their products for biotechnology." Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 63.4 (1999): 735-750.
- Dworkin, Martin, and Stanley Falkow, eds. The Prokaryotes: Vol. 3: Archaea. Bacteria: Firmicutes, Actinomycetes. Vol. 3. Springer, 2006. *Martí, Joan, and Gerald Ernst, eds. Volcanoes and the Environment. Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- Horikoshi, Koki, and Kaoru Tsujii, eds. Extremophiles in deep-sea environments. Springer, 1999.
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