Pyrococcus abyssi
| Pyrococcus abyssi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
| Phylum: | Euryarchaeota |
| Class: | Thermococci |
| Order: | Thermococcales |
| Family: | Thermococcaceae |
| Genus: | Pyrococcus |
| Species: | P. abyssi |
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Pyrococcus abyssi Erauso et al. 1993 |
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Pyrococcus abyssi is a hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent in the North Fiji basin at 2,000 metres (6,600 ft). It is anaerobic, sulfurmetabolizing, gram-negative, coccus-shaped and highly motile. Its optimum growth temperature is 96 °C. Its type strain is GE5 (CNCM I-1302).
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