Hyperthermophilic, anaerobic, and heterotrophic archaeon.
Grows well at 95 deg C on maltose, cellobiose, or peptides with concomitant production of H2S from elemental sulfur and H2 in relatively equal proportions.
Isolated in May 2004 from a piece of a deep-sea hydrothermal sulfide chimney on the Endeavour Segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
Jung JH, Lee JH, Holden JF, Seo DH, Shin H, Kim HY, Kim W, Ryu S, Park CS
Title
Complete genome sequence of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus sp. strain ST04, isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal sulfide chimney on the Juan de Fuca Ridge.
