Desulfurococcales

Desulfurococcales
Scientific classification
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Desulfurococcales

Huber & Stetter, 2002
Families
Synonyms
  • Igneococcales

The Desulfurococcales are an order of the Thermoprotei, part of the kingdom Archaea.[1] The order encompasses a number of genera which are all thermophilic, autotrophs which utilise chemical energy, typically by reducing sulfur compounds using hydrogen. [2]

References

  1. See the NCBI webpage on Desulfurococcales. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. Encyclopedia of Microbiology (Third ed.). Academic Press. 2009. pp. 341–356. doi:10.1016/B978-012373944-5.00049-3.

Further reading

Scientific journals

Scientific books

  • Huber H, Stetter KO (2001). "Order II. Desulfurococcales ord. nov.". In DR Boone, RW Castenholz (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. pp. 169. ISBN 978-0-387-98771-2.
  • Reysenbach, A-L (2001). "Class I. Thermoprotei class. nov.". In DR Boone; RW Castenholz (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. pp. 169. ISBN 978-0-387-98771-2.

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