Aerobic hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon.
Grows heterotrophically at an optimal temperature near 94 deg C, pH 7.0 (at 25 deg C), and in the presence or absence of oxygen.
Under anaerobic conditions, utilizes sulfur-containing compounds (sulfur, thiosulfate, L-cystine and oxidized glutathione) but not nitrate or nitrite as terminal electron acceptors.
Originally isolated from the Tsuetate hot spring in Oguni-cho, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
