Ignicoccus
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Ignicoccus is a genus of hyperthermophillic Archaea living in marine hydrothermal vents. They were discovered in samples taken at the Kolbeinsey Ridge north of Iceland, as well as at the East Pacific Rise (at 9 degrees N, 104 degrees W) in 2000.[1]
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Ignicoccus hospitalis (with two smaller, symbiotic Nanoarchaeum equitans) | |
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Genus: | Ignicoccus Huber, Burggraf, Mayer, Wyschkony, Rachel & Stetter 2000 |
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Ignicoccus islandicus Huber & Stetter 2000 | |
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