Palaeococcus ferrophilus
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| Palaeococcus ferrophilus Takai et al. 2000
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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
- Template:Taxonomic links
- WORMS entry
- "Palaeococcus ferrophilus" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Type strain of Palaeococcus ferrophilus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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