Ignicoccus

Tags: Archaea.

ignicoccus is a genus of Archaea living in marine hydrothermal vents. They were discovered in Kolbeinsey Ridge north of Iceland and in the Pacific Ocean (at 9 degrees N 104 degrees W) in 2000 (Huber et al. 2000).

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class: Thermoprotei
domain: Archaea
family: Desulfurococcaceae
kingdom: Crenarchaeota
order: Desulfurococcales
phylum: Crenarchaeota

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