Desulfurococcus
SuperSet Prokaryote, Archaea, Extremely Thermophilic Archaeobacteria
Compare Acidianus Desulfurococcus, Desulfurolobus ambivalens Hyperthermus butylicus , Metallosphaera sedula Pyrobaculum Pyrococcus, Pyrodictium Staphylothermus marinus Sulfolobus Thermococcus Thermodiscus maritimus Thermofilum, Thermoproteus
Contrast Methanogens
Cell Wall-Less Archaeobacteria
Sulfate Reducing Archaeobacteria
Halophilic Archaeobacteria
Extremely Thermophilic Archaeobacteria
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Morphology Desulfurococcus
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Growth Parameters Desulfurococcus
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Genome Desulfurococcus
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Reference Desulfurococcus
First citation Zillig and Stetter in Zillig, W., K.O. Stetter, D. Prangishvilli, W. Schafer, S. Wundert, D. Janekovic, I. Holz, and P. Palm. 1982. Desulfurococcaceae, the second family of the extremely thermophilic, anaerobic, sulfur-respiring, Thermoproteales. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Mikrobiol. Hyg. I. Abt. Orig C3: 304-317
The Prokaryotes  
Bergey's Systematatic p 2246 W. Zillig
Bergey's Determinative p 752
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