Pyrococcus woesei

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Pyrococcus woesei
Scientific classification
Domain:
Archaea
Kingdom:
Euryarchaeota
Phylum:
Euryarchaeota
Class:
Thermococci
Order:
Thermococcales
Family:
Thermococcaceae
Genus:
Pyrococcus
Species:
P. woesei
Binomial name
Pyrococcus woesei
Zillig, 1988

Pyrococcus woesei is an ultra-thermophilic marine archaeon. It is sulfur-reducing and grows optimally between 100 and 103 °C. Its cells have a roughly spherical, elongated and constricted appearance, similar to Thermococcus celer. Frequently, they occur as . Cells grown on solid supports have dense tufts of flagella or pili attached to one pole.[1]

Kanoksilapatham et al. propose P. woesei as a subspecies of P. furiosus.[2]

It is named after the discoverer of archaea as a whole - Carl Woese

References[]

  1. ^ Zillig, Wolfram; Holz, Ingelore; Klenk, Hans-Peter; Trent, Jonathan; et al. (1987). "Pyrococcus woesei, sp. nov., an ultra-thermophilic marine archaebacterium, representing a novel order, Thermococcales". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 9 (1–2): 62–70. doi:10.1016/S0723-2020(87)80057-7. ISSN 0723-2020.
  2. ^ Kanoksilapatham W; González JM; Maeder DL; DiRuggiero J; et al. (October 2004). "A proposal to rename the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus woesei as Pyrococcus furiosus subsp. woesei". Archaea. 1 (4): 277–83. PMC 2685572. PMID 15810438.

Further reading[]

  • Ghasemi A; Salmanian AH; Sadeghifard N; Salarian AA; et al. (September 2011). "Cloning, expression and purification of Pwo polymerase from Pyrococcus woesei". . 3 (3): 118–22. PMC 3279813. PMID 22347593.
  • Xiong, Ai-Sheng; Peng, Ri-He; Zhuang, Jing; Li, Xian; et al. (18 Sep 2007). "Directed evolution of a beta-galactosidase from Pyrococcus woesei resulting in increased thermostable beta-glucuronidase activity". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 77 (3): 569–578. doi:10.1007/s00253-007-1182-7. PMID 17876575.
  • Grzybowska, Beata; Szweda, Piotr; Synowiecki, Jozef (February 2004). "Cloning of the thermostable alpha-amylase gene from Pyrococcus woesei in Escherichia coli: Isolation and some properties of the enzyme". Molecular Biotechnology. 26 (2): 101–109. doi:10.1385/MB:26:2:101.

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