Grows with H2 and CO2 production.
Isolated from 1 of 13 enrichments of coccoid cells obtained from hydrothermal venting structures (East Pacific Rise; a latitude of 13 degrees north, 2,600-m depth) anaerobically on CO at 80 deg C.
Oger P, Sokolova TG, Kozhevnikova DA, Chernyh NA, Bartlett DH, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Lebedinsky AV
Title
Complete genome sequence of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus sp. strain AM4, capable of organotrophic growth and growth at the expense of hydrogenogenic or sulfidogenic oxidation of carbon monoxide.
