''Fervidicoccus fontis'' is a species of

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organotroph An organotroph is an organism that obtains hydrogen or electrons from organic substrates. This term is used in microbiology to classify and describe organisms based on how they obtain electrons for their respiration processes. Some organotrophs su ...

archaeum belonging to the kingdom

Thermoproteota The Thermoproteota (also known as crenarchaea) are archaea that have been classified as a phylum of the Archaea domain. Initially, the Thermoproteota were thought to be sulfur-dependent extremophiles but recent studies have identified characteris ...

. It is thermophilic and slightly acidophilic, being found at the

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at temperatures between 75 °C and 80 °C. Cells are single cocci of 1–3 μm in diameter with no archaella.*Perevalova, A.A. ''et al.'' (2010) ''Fervidicoccus fontis'' gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thermophilic crenarchaeote from terrestrial hot springs, and proposal of ''Fervidicoccaceae'' fam. nov. and ''Fervidicoccales'' ord. nov.

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, 60(9): 2088-2088.

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