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]

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.

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