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]

Paleococcus was the third genus within Euryarchaeota to be described in the literature. These organisms prefer to use elemental sulfur as an electron acceptor, but they can also use ferrous oxide.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Tetsuya Tokano, ed. (2004-09-14). Water on Mars and Life. Springer Science and Business Media. p. 308. ISBN 3540206248. Retrieved 2016-09-13.

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.


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