| Species: | Pyrococcus abyssi
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| Species code: | PYRAB
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| Type: | Archaea
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| Taxonomy: | Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Thermococci; Thermococcales; Thermococcaceae; Pyrococcus (TaxID: 29292)
[NEWT /
NCBI]
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| Strain(s): | GE5 / Orsay
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| Genome: | circular, 1.76 Mb; no ECE
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| Reference(s): |
Heilig R.;
"Pyrococcus abyssi genome sequence: insights into archaeal chromosome
structure and evolution.";
Submitted (JUL-1999) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.
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| Genome official sequence WWW site(s): |
http://www-archbac.u-psud.fr/genomes/newpab/newpab.html
http://www.genoscope.cns.fr/Pab/
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| Other WWW site(s): |
GIB (DDBJ)
TIGR CMR
EBI GeneQuiz
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| Description: | Anaerobic hyperthermophilic sulfur-dependent bacterium. Temperature
range of this genus is 70 to 103 degrees Celsius. Organisms live in
geothermally heated marine sediments worldwide.
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| Properties: | Number of membranes : ?
Presence of a flagella : Yes
Number of inteins : 14 in 10 different sequences
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