Pyrococcus woesei

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

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]

Kanoksilapatham et al. propose P. woesei as a subspecies of P. furiosus as both have the same ribosomal DNA sequence.[2] A microarray study in 2005 found ecologically significant gene-content differences between these two species. The full genome P. woesei was sequenced in 2025.[3] The FastANI program reports 99.5584% average nucleotide identity between this new genome (CP179867) and the P. furiosus genome (AE009950).

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. Bibcode:1987SyApM...9...62Z. 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.
  3. ^ Drew, S; St John, E; Bartlett, M (9 October 2025). "Genome sequence of Pyrococcus woesei DSM 3773(T)-an anaerobic, hyperthermophilic archaeum from heated marine solfataras". Microbiology Resource Announcements. 14 (10): e0052825. doi:10.1128/mra.00528-25. PMC 12509525. PMID 40910793.

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