Pyrolobus fumarii

Pyrolobus fumarii
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Phylum: Crenarchaeota
Class: Thermoprotei
Order: Desulfurococcales
Family: Pyrodictiaceae
Genus: Pyrolobus
Binomial name
Pyrolobus fumarii
Blöch, Rachel, Burggraf, Hafenbradl, Jannasch & Stetter, 1997

Pyrolobus fumarii is a species of archaea known for its ability to live at extremely high temperatures that kill most organisms.[1]

It was first discovered in 1997 in a black smoker hydrothermal vent at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, setting the upper temperature threshold for known life to exist at 113 °C, but more recently Methanopyrus kandleri has been discovered which can survive temperatures up to 122 °C.  [2][3]

Strain 121, a microbe from the same family found at a vent in the Pacific Ocean, survived and multiplied during a 10-hour interval spent at 121 °C in an autoclave.[2]

References

  1. ↑ C.Michael Hogan. 2010. Extremophile. eds. E.Monosson and C.Cleveland. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment, washington DC
  2. 1 2 Davison, Anna (26 June 2008). "The most extreme life-forms in the universe". NewScientist.com news service. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
  3. ↑ Blöchl E; Rachel R; Burggraf S; Hafenbradl D; et al. (February 1997). "Pyrolobus fumarii, gen. and sp. nov., represents a novel group of archaea, extending the upper temperature limit for life to 113 degrees C.". Extremophiles : Life Under Extreme Conditions. 1 (1): 14–21. PMID 9680332.

Further reading

  • Anderson, Iain; Goker, Markus; Nolan, Matt; Lucas, Susan; et al. (2011). "Complete genome sequence of the hyperthermophilic chemolithoautotroph Pyrolobus fumarii type strain (1AT)". Standards in Genomic Sciences. 4 (3): 381–392. doi:10.4056/sigs.2014648. PMC 3156397. PMID 21886865.
  • Goncalves, Luis; Lamosa, Pedro; Huber, Robert; Santos, Helena (20 Feb 2008). "Di-myo-inositol phosphate and novel UDP-sugars accumulate in the extreme hyperthermophile Pyrolobus fumarii". Extremophiles. 12 (3): 383–389. doi:10.1007/s00792-008-0143-0. PMID 18286223.

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