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 |
Binomial name | |
Pyrococcus abyssi Erauso et al. 1993 |
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).