Thermococcales

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Thermococcales
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Pyrococcus furiosus
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Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Methanobacteriati
Phylum: Methanobacteriota
Class: Thermococci
Order: Thermococcales
Zillig et al. 1988 [1]
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The Thermococcales are an order of microbes within the class Thermococci. [2] The species within the Thermococcales are used in laboratories as model organisms. [3] All these species are strict anaerobes and can ferment sugars as sources of carbon, but they also need elemental sulfur. [4]

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References

  1. A.C. Parte; et al. "Thermococcales". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  2. C.L. Schoch; et al. "Thermococcales". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  3. Elodie Lepage; Evelyne Marguet; Claire Geslin; Oriane Matte-Tailliez; Wolfram Zillig; Patrick Forterre; Patrick Tailliez (March 2004). "Molecular Diversity of New Thermococcales Isolates from a Single Area of Hydrothermal Deep-Sea Vents as Revealed by Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Fingerprinting and 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Analysis". Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70 (3): 1277–1286. Bibcode:2004ApEnM..70.1277L. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.488.6268 . doi:10.1128/AEM.70.3.1277-1286.2004. PMC   368356 . PMID   15006744 . Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  4. Costanzo Bertoldo; Garabed Antranikian (2006). "The Order Thermococcales". The Prokaryotes. Vol. 3. Springer New York. pp. 69–81. doi:10.1007/0-387-30743-5_5. ISBN   978-0-387-30743-5.

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