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Thermococcus chitonophagus Huber and Stetter 1996
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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]
Thermococcus chitonophagus | |
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Species: | T. chitonophagus
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Thermococcus chitonophagus Huber and Stetter 1996
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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]