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]

Pyrococcus woesei
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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

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  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. PMC 2685572. PMID 15810438.

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