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Pyrococcus abyssi

Pyrococcus abyssi
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).



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