Thermococcus chitonophagus articles

Thermococcus chitonophagus

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Thermococcus chitonophagus is a chitin-degrading, hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. It is anaerobic, round to slightly irregular coccus-shaped, 1.2–2.5 μm in diameter, and motile by means of a tuft of flagella.^[1]

T. chitonophagus is one of only three species of archaeon that can grow on chitin. The chitinase was isolated and found to have a molecular weight of 70 kDa. It retains 50% of its activity after an hour at 120 °C.^[2]

References

^ Huber, R.; Stöhr, Josef; Hohenhaus, Sabine; Rachel, Reinhard; Burggraf, Siegfried; Jannasch, Holger W.; Stetter, Karl O. (1995). "Thermococcus chitonophagus sp. nov., a novel, chitin-degrading, hyperthermophilic archaeum from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent environment". Archives of Microbiology. 164 (4): 255–264. doi:10.1007/s002030050262. ISSN 0302-8933. S2CID 36502509.
^ Yves Le Gal; Roland Ulber; Garabed Antranikian (2005-09-29). Marine Biotechnology I. Vol. 1. Springer Science and Business Media. p. 288. ISBN 3540256598. Retrieved 2016-09-28.

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Thermococcus chitonophagus: Brief Summary

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Thermococcus chitonophagus is a chitin-degrading, hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. It is anaerobic, round to slightly irregular coccus-shaped, 1.2–2.5 μm in diameter, and motile by means of a tuft of flagella.

T. chitonophagus is one of only three species of archaeon that can grow on chitin. The chitinase was isolated and found to have a molecular weight of 70 kDa. It retains 50% of its activity after an hour at 120 °C.

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Depth range

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From a hydrothermal vent site off the Mexican west coast at a depth of 2,600 m

Huber, R., Sthr, J., Hohenhaus, S., Rachel, R., Burggraf, S., Jannasch, H.W., and Stetter, K.O. "Thermococcus chitonophagus sp. nov., a novel, chitin-degrading, hyperthermophilic archaeum from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent environment." Arch. Microbiol. (1996) 164:255-264.

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