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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 12.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Chem Eng. 2012 Nov 12;1(4):363–372. doi: 10.1016/j.coche.2012.07.003

Table 1. Model Extreme Thermophiles.

Organism Isolation site Topt (°C) Domain Genome size (Kb) Growth physiology PubMed Citations (May, 2012)
Sulfolobus solfataricus P2 solfatara, Naples, Italy 80°C Crenarchaea 2,992,245 Aerobic, extreme thermoacidophile 1252
Thermotoga maritima MSB8 shallow marine sediments, Vulcano Island, Italy 80°C Bacteria 1,860,725 Fermentative anaerobe, facultative S° reducer 1148
Thermococcus kodakaerensis KOD1 solfatara, Kodakara Island, Japan 85°C Euryarchaea 2,088,737 Fermentative anaerobe, facultative S° reducer 156
Pyrococcus furiosus shallow marine sediments, Vulcano Island, Italy 98°C Euryarchaea 1,908,255 Fermentative anaerobe, facultative S° reducer 1047