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In taxonomy, the Thermococcales are an order of microbes within the Thermococci.[1] The species within the Thermococcales are used in laboratories as model organisms.[2] All these species are strict anaerobes and can ferment sugars as sources of carbon, but they also need elemental sulfur.[3]
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Thermococcales. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ^ Elodie Lepage; Evelyne Marguet; Claire Geslin; Oriane Matte-Tailliez; Wolfram Zillig; Patrick Forterre; Patrick Tailliez (March 2004). "Molecular Diversity of New Thermococcales Isolates from a Single Area of Hydrothermal Deep-Sea Vents as Revealed by Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Fingerprinting and 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Analysis". Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70 (3): 1277–1286. Bibcode:2004ApEnM..70.1277L. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.488.6268. doi:10.1128/AEM.70.3.1277-1286.2004. PMC 368356. PMID 15006744. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
- ^ Costanzo Bertoldo; Garabed Antranikian (2006). "The Order Thermococcales". The Prokaryotes. Vol. 3. Springer New York. pp. 69–81. doi:10.1007/0-387-30743-5_5. ISBN 978-0-387-30743-5.