Thermococcus barophilus Marteinsson et al., 1999
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Euryarchaeota
- phylum
- Euryarchaeota
- class
- Thermococci
- order
- Thermococcales
- family
- Thermococcaceae
- genus
- Thermococcus
- species
- Thermococcus barophilus
Abstract
Thermococcus barophilus is a piezophilic and hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. It is anaerobic and sulfur-metabolising, with type strain MPT.
Nomenclature
The name Thermococcus barophilus has Greek roots, thermo for heat, kokkos for the spherical cells, baros for weight, and philos for loving. Overall, the name means "organism with a spherical body that gravitates to heat and to the pressure of the water column."
Physiology
T. barophilus can grow at even higher temperatures if the pressure is high, as well. At an atmospheric pressure, it can grow at temperatures of 45-90 °C, with an optimal temperature of 85 °C, but it can grow at temperatures as high as 100 °C if the hydrostatic pressure is 15.0-17.5 MPa.