Palaeococcus ferrophilus
| Palaeococcus ferrophilus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
| Phylum: | Euryarchaeota |
| Class: | Thermococci |
| Order: | Thermococcales |
| Family: | Thermococcaceae |
| Genus: | Palaeococcus |
| Species: | P. ferrophilus |
| Binomial name | |
| Palaeococcus ferrophilus Takai et al. 2000 | |
Palaeococcus ferrophilus is a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney. It cells are irregular cocci and motile with multiple polar flagella.[1]
References
- ↑ Takai, K.; Sugai, A.; Itoh, T.; Horikoshi, K. (2000). "Palaeococcus ferrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 50 (2): 489–500. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-2-489. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 10758851.
Further reading
- Clelia Neves, Milton S. da Costa & Helena Santos (December 2005). "Compatible solutes of the hyperthermophile Palaeococcus ferrophilus: osmoadaptation and thermoadaptation in the order thermococcales". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71 (12): 8091–8098. doi:10.1128/AEM.71.12.8091-8098.2005. PMC 1317470
. PMID 16332790.
External links
- NCBI taxonomy page for Palaeococcus
- Search Tree of Life taxonomy pages for Palaeococcus
- Search Species2000 page for Palaeococcus
- MicrobeWiki page for Palaeococcus
- LPSN page for Palaeococcus
- WORMS entry
- Palaeococcus ferrophilus at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Type strain of Palaeococcus ferrophilus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/27/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.