The draft genome of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrodictium delaneyi strain hulk, an iron and nitrate reducer, reveals the capacity for sulfate reduction

Table 1 Classification and general features according to the MIGS recommendations [74]

MIGS ID	Property	Term	Evidence code^a
	Classification	Domain Archaea	TAS[75]
		Phylum Crenarchaeota	TAS[76]
		Class Thermoprotei	TAS[77]
		Order Desulfurococcales	TAS[78]
		Family Pyrodictiaceae	TAS[79]
		Genus Pyrodictium	TAS[80]
		Species Pyrodictium delayeni	TAS[3]
		Strain: Hulk	IDA
	Gram stain	Not applicable	NAS
	Cell shape	Coccus	IDA
	Motility	Lophotrichous	IDA
	Sporulation	Not applicable	NAS
	Temperature range	70–105 °C	IDA
	Optimum temperature	90 °C	IDA
	pH range; Optimum	3.3–7.7; 6.7	IDA
	Carbon source	CO₂, formate, peptone, starch and cellobiose	IDA
MIGS-6	Habitat	Marine hydrothermal systems	IDA
MIGS-6.3	Salinity	2.0% NaCl (w/v)	IDA
MIGS-22	Oxygen requirement	Anaerobic	IDA
MIGS-15	Biotic relationship	Free-living	IDA
MIGS-14	Pathogenicity	Non-pathogen	IDA
MIGS-4	Geographic location	Hulk hydrothermal vent, located on Main Endeavour segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge, in the Northeast Pacific Ocean approximately 300 miles West of Seattle, Washington, at the depth of 2200 m	IDA
MIGS-5	Sample collection	August 1999	IDA
MIGS-4.1	Latitude	47.9501	IDA
MIGS-4.2	Longitude	−129.0970	IDA
MIGS-4.4	Altitude	Not applicable	NAS

^a Evidence codes – IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay; TAS: Traceable Author Statement (i.e., a direct report exists in the literature); NAS: Non-traceable Author Statement (i.e., not directly observed for the living, isolated sample, but based on a generally accepted property for the species, or anecdotal evidence). These evidence codes are from the Gene Ontology project [81]

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