Thermococcus chitonophagus
| Thermococcus chitonophagus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
| Phylum: | Euryarchaeota |
| Class: | Thermococci |
| Order: | Thermococcales |
| Family: | Thermococcaceae |
| Genus: | Thermococcus |
| Species: | T. chitonophagus |
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Thermococcus chitonophagus Huber and Stetter 1996 |
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Thermococcus chitonophagus is a chitin-degrading hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. It is anaerobic, round to slightly irregular coccus-shaped, 1.2–2.5 μm in diameter and motile by means of a tuft of flagella.
Thermococcus chitonophagus is one of only three species of archaeon that can grow on chitin. The chitinase was isolated and found to have a molecular weight of 70 kDa. It retains 50% of its activity after an hour at 120 °C.
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