Domain Archaea Class Thermococci Phylum Euryarchaeota Rank Species | Kingdom Euryarchaeota Family Thermococcaceae Genus Thermococcus Order Thermococcales | |
Similar Thermococcus, Thermococcales, Thermococcus litoralis, Thermococcus barophilus, Thermococcus gammatolerans | ||
Thermococcus stetteri is an extremely thermophilic marine sulfur-metabolizing archaebacterium. It is anaerobic, its cells being irregular cocci 1 to 2 μm in diameter. Of the strains first isolated, two were motile due to a tuft of flagella, while the other two strains were non-motile. Its type strain is K-3 (DSM 5262).
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