Palaeococcus ferrophilus explained

Palaeococcus ferrophilus is a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney. It cells are irregular cocci and motile with multiple polar flagella.^[1]

Paleococcus was the third genus within Euryarchaeota to be described in the literature. These organisms prefer to use elemental sulfur as an electron acceptor, but they can also use ferrous oxide.^[2]

Further reading

• Clelia Neves . Milton S. da Costa . Helena Santos . amp . Compatible solutes of the hyperthermophile Palaeococcus ferrophilus: osmoadaptation and thermoadaptation in the order thermococcales . . 71 . 12 . 8091–8098 . December 2005 . 10.1128/AEM.71.12.8091-8098.2005 . 16332790 . 1317470. 2005ApEnM..71.8091N .

External links

• Type strain of Palaeococcus ferrophilus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Takai. K.. Sugai. A.. Itoh. T.. Horikoshi. K.. Palaeococcus ferrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 50. 2. 2000. 489–500. 1466-5026. 10.1099/00207713-50-2-489. 10758851. free.
2. Book: Water on Mars and Life. Tetsuya Tokano. 2016-09-13. 2004-09-14 . Springer Science and Business Media. 3540206248. 308.