Thermococcus
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Thermococcus | |
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Domain: | Archaea |
Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
Phylum: | Euryarchaeota |
Class: | Thermococci |
Order: | Thermococcales |
Family: | Thermococcaceae |
Genus: | Thermococcus |
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In taxonomy, Thermococcus is a genus of extreme thermophiles in the family the Thermococcaceae.[1]
They consist of gram-negative spheres that move with flagella. They are organothrophic anaerobes, growing in temperatures above 70°C. They require elemental sulphur as electron acceptor in these growth reactions, producing hydrogen sulphide (H2S) and carbon dioxide (CO2)
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References
- ↑ See the NCBI webpage on Thermococcus. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
Further reading
Scientific journals
- Judicial Commision of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (2005). [Expression error: Missing operand for > "The nomenclatural types of the orders Acholeplasmatales, Halanaerobiales, Halobacteriales, Methanobacteriales, Methanococcales, Methanomicrobiales, Planctomycetales, Prochlorales, Sulfolobales, Thermococcales, Thermoproteales and Verrucomicrobiales are the genera Acholeplasma, Halanaerobium, Halobacterium, Methanobacterium, Methanococcus, Methanomicrobium, Planctomyces, Prochloron, Sulfolobus, Thermococcus, Thermoproteus and Verrucomicrobium, respectively. Opinion 79"]. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55: 517–518. PMID 15653928.
- Zillig W, Holz I, Klenk HP, Trent J, Wunderl S, Janekovic D, Imsel E, Haas B (1987). [Expression error: Missing operand for > "Pyrococcus woesei, sp. nov., an ultra-thermophilic marine Archaebacterium, representing a novel order, Thermococcales"]. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 9: 62–70.
- Zillig W, Holz L, Janekovic D, Schafer W, Reiter WD (1983). [Expression error: Missing operand for > "The archaebacterium Thermococcus celer represents a novel genus within the thermophilic branch of the archaebacteria"]. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 4: 88–94.
Scientific books
Scientific databases
- PubMed references for Thermococcus
- PubMed Central references for Thermococcus
- Google Scholar references for Thermococcus
External links
- John R. Stevenson. "Microbial Evolution and Systematics". General Microbiology II. http://www.cas.muohio.edu/~stevenjr/mbi202/evolution202.html. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
- NCBI taxonomy page for Thermococcus
- Search Tree of Life taxonomy pages for Thermococcus
- Search Species2000 page for Thermococcus
- MicrobeWiki page for Thermococcus
- LSPN page for Thermococcus
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