Desulfurococcales

Desulfurococcales
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Thermoproteati
Phylum: Thermoproteota
Class: Thermoprotei
Order:
Huber & Stetter 2002
Families
Synonyms
  • Acidilobales Prokofeva et al. 2009
  • "Igneococcales" (sic) Burggraf, Huber & Stetter 1997

The Desulfurococcales is an order of the Thermoprotei, part of the kingdom Archaea.[1] The order encompasses some genera which are all thermophilic, autotrophs which utilise chemical energy, typically by reducing sulfur compounds using hydrogen. [2] Desulfurococcales cells are either regular or irregular coccus in shape, with forms of either discs or dishes. These cells can be single, in pairs, in short chains, or in aciniform formation. [3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NCBI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Encyclopedia of Microbiology (Third ed.). Academic Press. 2009. pp. 341–356. doi:10.1016/B978-012373944-5.00049-3.
  3. ^ Huber, H., Stetter, K.O. (2006). Desulfurococcales. In: Dworkin, M., Falkow, S., Rosenberg, E., Schleifer, KH., Stackebrandt, E. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30743-5_4
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