DeCS

Descriptor English:

Thermococcus

Descriptor Spanish:

Thermococcus

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	Thermococcus
Scope note:	Género de archaea heterótrofas, extremadamente termófilas, de la familia THERMOCOCCACEAE. Se encuentran en las corrientes marinas calientes. Son sulfidógenas quimioorganótrofas anaerobias.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Thermococcus

Descriptor French:

Thermococcus

Tree number(s):

B02.200.825.800.800

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019712

Scope note:

A genus of extremely thermophilic heterotrophic archaea, in the family THERMOCOCCACEAE, occurring in heated sea flows. They are anaerobic chemoorganotropic sulfidogens.

Annotation:

a genus of archaea found in heated sea flows; PYROCOCCUS, found in heated seawater, is also available

Allowable Qualifiers:

CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
IP isolement et purification
ME métabolisme
PH physiologie
PY pathogénicité
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

33339

Unique ID:

D019712

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Date Established:

1998/01/01

Date of Entry:

1997/06/20

Revision Date:

2013/07/09