| Species: | Pyrococcus furiosus
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| Species code: | PYRFU
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| Type: | Archaea
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| Taxonomy: | Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Thermococci; Thermococcales; Thermococcaceae; Pyrococcus (TaxID: 2261)
[NEWT /
NCBI]
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| Strain(s): | Vc1 / DSM 3638 / ATCC 43587 / JCM 8422
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| Genome: | circular, 1.9 Mb; no ECE
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| Reference(s): |
Weiss R.B., Dunn D.M., Robb F.T., Brown J.R.;
"The complete sequence of the Pyrococcus furiosus genome.";
Submitted (FEB-2002) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.
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| Genome official sequence WWW site(s): |
http://www.genome.utah.edu/sequence.html
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| Other WWW site(s): |
GIB (DDBJ)
TIGR CMR
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| Description: | P.furiosus is found in the marine sand surrounding sulfurous
volcanoes. Cells of this organism are motile cocci that have about
50 flagella at one end and are often found in pairs. They are
anaerobic and are capable of growing at temperatures ranging from
70-103 Celsius and at a pH ranging from 5-9. The generation time is
among the shortest found among the Archaea only 37 minutes under
optimal conditions. P.furiosus is remarkable because it is able to
maintain chromosomal integrity at temperatures up to 103 degrees Celsius
with very little accumulation of DNA breaks. It also is highly
resistant to radiation and can withstand doses up to 1.5 kGy.
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| Properties: | Number of membranes : ?
Presence of a flagella : Yes
Number of inteins : 3 in 2 different sequences
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