''Fervidicoccus fontis'' is a species of anaerobic organotroph archaeum belonging to the kingdom Thermoproteota. It is thermophilic and slightly acidophilic, being found at the

Uzon Caldera Uzon (russian: Узон) is a 9 by 12 km volcanic caldera located in the eastern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Together with the Geyzernaya caldera it hosts the largest geothermal field in the Kamchatka Peninsula. The calderas were ...

at temperatures between 75 °C and 80 °C. Cells are single cocci of 1–3 μm in diameter with no

archaella The archaellum (; formerly archaeal flagellum) is a unique structure on the cell surface of many archaea, that allows for swimming motility. The archaellum consists of a rigid helical filament that is attached to the cell membrane by a molecular ...

.*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. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 60(9): 2088-2088.

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