Pyrococcus furiosus Vc 1 is an anaerobe, hyperthermophilic, Gram-negative archaeon that was isolated from geothermally heated marine sediment

Name and taxonomic classification:

Last LPSN update: 14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)

Domain: "Archaea"

Phylum: Methanobacteriota

Class: Thermococci

Order: Thermococcales

Family: Thermococcaceae

Genus: Pyrococcus

Species: Pyrococcus furiosus

Full Scientific Name (LPSN): Pyrococcus furiosus Fiala and Stetter 1986

Synonym: No

Culture medium:

PYROCOCCUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 377)

Temperature:

Growth 97 °C

Growth 95 °C

Temperature range:

Hyperthermophilic

thermophilic

Oxygen tolerance:

Anaerobe

Ability of spore formation: no

Name of produced compound: DNA polymerase Pfu

Isolation, sampling and environmental information:

Sample type/isolated from: geothermally heated marine sediment

Geographic location (country and/or sea, region): Vulcano island

Country: Italy

Country ISO 3 Code: ITA

Continent: Europe

Sample type/isolated from: Hot sediment at the beach of Porto di Levante

Geographic location (country and/or sea, region): Vulcano island

Country: Italy

Country ISO 3 Code: ITA

Continent: Europe

Culture collection no.: DSM 3638, ATCC 43587, JCM 8422, CGMCC 1.2516