Archaeoglobus profundus

Tags: Archaea.

Archaeoglobus profundus is a sulphate-reducing archaea. Archaeoglobus can be found in high-temperature oil fields where it may contribute to oil field souring. A. profundus grows lithotrophically and while it needs acetate and CO2 for biosynthesis it is heterotrophic.

class: Archaeoglobi
domain: Archaea
family: Archaeoglobaceae
order: Archaeoglobales
phylum: Euryarchaeota

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