Thermococcus peptonophilus is a fast-growing hyperthermophilic archaeon. It is coccus-shaped, obligately anaerobic and about 0.7–2 μm in diameter. It is a strict anaerobe and grows exclusively on complex substrates, such as peptone, casein, tryptone, and yeast extract. It cannot use carbon dioxide as a source of carbon. Although it can grow somewhat in the absence of elemental sulfur, it prefers sulfur.
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Further reading
Canganella, Francesco, et al. "Pressure and temperature effects on growth and viability of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus peptonophilus."Archives of Microbiology 168.1 (1997): 1-7. Horikoshi, Koki. "Alkaliphiles: some applications of their products for biotechnology." Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 63.4 (1999): 735–750. Dworkin, Martin, and Stanley Falkow, eds. The Prokaryotes: Vol. 3: Archaea. Bacteria: Firmicutes, Actinomycetes. Vol. 3. Springer, 2006. *Martí, Joan, and Gerald Ernst, eds. Volcanoes and the Environment. Cambridge University Press, 2005. Horikoshi, Koki, and Kaoru Tsujii, eds. Extremophiles in deep-sea environments. Springer, 1999.
External links
LPSN WORMS Type strain of Thermococcus peptonophilus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase