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]
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| Pyrococcus woesei Zillig, 1988
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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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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. PMC 2685572. PMID 15810438.
Further reading
edit- 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. S2CID 24841560.
- 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. S2CID 84002357.
External links
edit- "Pyrococcus woesei". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- WORMS entry
- LPSN
- Type strain of Pyrococcus woesei at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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