Biology:Pyrococcus woesei

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Short description: Species of archaeon


Pyrococcus woesei
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P. woesei
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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 diploforms. 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. doi:10.1155/2004/513563. 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". Iranian Journal of Microbiology 3 (3): 118–22. 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. PMID 14764935. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16988926 entry