Pyrococcus is a genus of Thermococcaceaen archaean. == Description and significance == 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 °...
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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. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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