Pyrococcus woesei

Pyrococcus woesei is an ultra-thermophilic marine archaebacterium. 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]

Pyrococcus woesei
Scientific classification
Domain:
Archaea
Kingdom:
Euryarchaeota
Phylum:
Euryarchaeota
Class:
Thermococci
Order:
Thermococcales
Family:
Thermococcaceae
Genus:
Pyrococcus
Species:
P. woesei
Binomial name
Pyrococcus woesei
Zillig, 1988

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. PMC 2685572. 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. PMC 3279813. 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.


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