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Archaea > Euryarchaeota > Thermococcales > Thermococcaceae > Pyrococcus

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Pyrococcus  

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  • a genus of archaea found in heated seawaters; THERMOCOCCUS, found in heated seawater, is also available

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  • A genus of strictly anaerobic ultrathermophilic archaea, in the family THERMOCOCCACEAE, occurring in heated seawaters. They exhibit heterotrophic growth at an optimum temperature of 100 degrees C.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019711

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