Pyrococcus

"Pyrococcus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A genus of strictly anaerobic ultrathermophilic archaea, in the family THERMOCOCCACEAE, occurring in heated seawaters. They exhibit heterotrophic growth at an optimum temperature of 100 degrees C.

Descriptor ID	D019711
MeSH Number(s)	B02.200.825.800.650
Concept/Terms	Pyrococcus Pyrococcus

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Organisms [B]
Archaea [B02]
Euryarchaeota [B02.200]
Thermococcales [B02.200.825]
Thermococcaceae [B02.200.825.800]
Pyrococcus [B02.200.825.800.650]

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