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Pyrodictium abyssi

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Domain
  
Archaea

Phylum
  
Crenarchaeota

Order
  
Desulfurococcales

Rank
  
Species

Kingdom
  
Crenarchaeota

Class
  
Thermoprotei

Family
  
Pyrodictiaceae

Similar
  
Pyrodictium, Hyperthermus, Staphylothermus, Pyrolobus, Desulfurococcus

Pyrodictium abyssi is a species of heterotrophic marine archaeal hyperthermophile that can grow at 110 °C (230 °F). Its type strain is AV2 (DSM 6158).

References

Pyrodictium abyssi Wikipedia