*** Welcome to piglix ***

Archaeoglobus profundus

Archaeoglobus profundus
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Archaeoglobi
Order: Archaeoglobales
Family: Archaeoglobaceae
Genus: Archaeoglobus
Species: A. profundus
Binomial name
Archaeoglobus profundus
Burggraf et al., 1990

Archaeoglobus profundus is a sulphate-reducing archaea.Archaeoglobus can be found in high-temperature oil fields where it may contribute to oil field souring. A. profundus grows lithotrophically, and while it needs acetate and CO2 for biosynthesis it is heterotrophic.


...
Wikipedia

...