Query: NC_015474:644552 Pyrococcus sp. NA2 chromosome, complete genome Lineage: Pyrococcus; Pyrococcus; Thermococcaceae; Thermococcales; Euryarchaeota; Archaea General Information: Pyrococcus has similar characteristics of other thermoautotrophican archaea such as Archaeoglobus, and Methanococcus in the respect that they are all thermophilic and anaerobic. Pyrococcus differs, however, because its optimal growth temperature is nearly 100 °C and dwells at a greater sea depth than the other archaea. Studying Pyrococcus helps give insight to possible mechanisms used to endure extreme environmental conditions like high temperatures and high pressure.
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General Information: Country: Red Sea; Environment: Marine; Isolation: Brine water; Atlantis II Deep, Red Sea; Temp: Thermophile; Temp: 45 - 50C. This is a gram-negative flexible bacterium isolated from brine water samples of the Atlantis II Deep of the Red Sea at a depth of 2000 m. Halophilic and moderately thermophilic.