:Pyrococcus woesei
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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.{{cite journal|display-authors=4|last1=Zillig|first1=Wolfram|last2=Holz|first2=Ingelore|last3=Klenk|first3=Hans-Peter|last4=Trent|first4=Jonathan|last5=Wunderl|first5=Simon|last6=Janekovic|first6=Davorin|last7=Imsel|first7=Erwin|last8=Haas|first8=Birgit|title=Pyrococcus woesei, sp. nov., an ultra-thermophilic marine archaebacterium, representing a novel order, Thermococcales|journal=Systematic and Applied Microbiology|volume=9|issue=1–2|date=1987|pages=62–70|issn=0723-2020|doi=10.1016/S0723-2020(87)80057-7}}
Kanoksilapatham et al. propose P. woesei as a subspecies of P. furiosus.{{cite journal |author=Kanoksilapatham W |author2=González JM |author3=Maeder DL |author4=DiRuggiero J |author5=Robb FT |display-authors=4 |date=October 2004 |title=A proposal to rename the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus woesei as Pyrococcus furiosus subsp. woesei |journal=Archaea |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=277–83 |doi=10.1155/2004/513563 |pmc=2685572 |pmid=15810438 |doi-access=free}}
It is named after the discoverer of archaea as a whole - Carl Woese
References
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Further reading
- {{cite journal |display-authors=4 |author=Ghasemi A |author2=Salmanian AH |author3=Sadeghifard N|author4=Salarian AA |author5=Gholi MK |title=Cloning, expression and purification of Pwo polymerase from Pyrococcus woesei |journal=Iranian Journal of Microbiology |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=118–22 |date=September 2011 |pmid=22347593 |pmc=3279813 }}
- {{cite journal|display-authors=4|last1=Xiong|first1=Ai-Sheng|last2=Peng|first2=Ri-He|last3=Zhuang|first3=Jing|last4=Li|first4=Xian|last5=Xue|first5=Yong|last6=Liu|first6=Jin-Ge|last7=Gao|first7=Feng|last8=Cai|first8=Bin|last9=Chen|first9=Jian-Min|last10=Yao|first10=Quan-Hong|title=Directed evolution of a beta-galactosidase from Pyrococcus woesei resulting in increased thermostable beta-glucuronidase activity|journal=Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology|date=18 Sep 2007|volume=77|issue=3|pages=569–578|doi=10.1007/s00253-007-1182-7|pmid=17876575|s2cid=24841560 }}
- {{cite journal|last1=Grzybowska|first1=Beata|last2=Szweda|first2=Piotr|last3=Synowiecki|first3=Jozef|title=Cloning of the thermostable alpha-amylase gene from Pyrococcus woesei in Escherichia coli: Isolation and some properties of the enzyme|journal=Molecular Biotechnology|date=February 2004|volume=26|issue=2|pages=101–109|doi=10.1385/MB:26:2:101|pmid=14764935 |s2cid=84002357 }}
External links
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- [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=573758 WORMS entry]
- [https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/pyrococcus LPSN]
- [http://bacdive.dsmz.de/index.php?search=16856&submit=Search Type strain of Pyrococcus woesei at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase]
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Category:Archaea described in 1988
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