Pyrodictium abyssi

Pyrodictium abyssi
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Thermoproteati
Phylum: Thermoproteota
Class: Thermoprotei
Order: Desulfurococcales
Family: Pyrodictiaceae
Genus: Pyrodictium
Species:
P. abyssi
Binomial name
Pyrodictium abyssi
Pley and Stetter 1991

Pyrodictium abyssi is a species of heterotrophic marine archaeal hyperthermophile that can grow at 110 °C (230 °F). Its type strain is AV2 (DSM 6158).[1]

  1. ^ Pley, Ursula; Schipka, Jutta; Gambacorta, Agata; Jannasch, Holger W.; et al. (1991). "Pyrodictium abyssi sp. nov. Represents a Novel Heterotrophic Marine Archaeal Hyperthermophile Growing at 110°C". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 14 (3): 245–253. doi:10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80376-0. ISSN 0723-2020.