Thermococcus alcaliphilus is a hyperthermophilic archaeon. It is coccoid-shaped and heterotrophic, first isolated from a shallow marine hydrothermal system at Vulcano Island, Italy. Its type strain is AEDII12 (DSM 10322).
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LPSN WORMS Type strain of Thermococcus alcaliphilus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase