Biology:Desulfurococcales

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Short description: Order of archaea

Desulfurococcales
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Desulfurococcales

Huber & Stetter, 2002
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  • Igneococcales

The Desulfurococcales are an order of the Thermoprotei, part of the kingdom Archaea.[1] The order encompasses a number of genera which are all thermophilic, autotrophs which utilise chemical energy, typically by reducing suplfur compounds using hydrogen. [2]

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Further reading

Scientific journals

  • Cavalier-Smith, T (2002). "The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52 (Pt 1): 7–76. doi:10.1099/00207713-52-1-7. PMID 11837318. 
  • "Reclassification of the crenarchael orders and families in accordance with 16S rRNA sequence data". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 47 (3): 657–660. 1997. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-3-657. PMID 9226896. 

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External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1046935 entry