| Entry | T04365 |
| Org code | pyc |
| Name | Pyrococcus kukulkanii NCB100 |
| Category | Type strain |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX:1609559 |
| Lineage | Archaea; Methanobacteriati; Methanobacteriota; Thermococci; Thermococcales; Thermococcaceae; Pyrococcus; Pyrococcus kukulkanii |
| Org group | Archaea; Methanobacteriota; Thermococcales |
| Brite | KEGG organisms [BR:br08601]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611] |
| Data source | GenBank (Assembly: GCA_001577775.1 Complete Genome) |
| Comment | Hyperthermophilic, piezophilic, anaerobic archaeon.
Isolated from a hydrothermal vent flange fragment collected in the Guaymas basin at the hydrothermal vent site named `Rebecca's Roost` at a depth of 1997 m. |
| Chromosome | Circular (GB: CP010835) |
| Statistics | Number of protein genes: 1997
Number of RNA genes: 61 |
| Created | 2016 |
| Reference | PMID: 27189596 |
| Authors | Callac N, Oger P, Lesongeur F, Rattray JE, Vannier P, Michoud G, Beauverger M, Gayet N, Rouxel O, Jebbar M, Godfroy A |
| Title | Pyrococcus kukulkanii sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic, piezophilic archaeon isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. |
| Journal | Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 66:3142-9 (2016)
DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001160 |
