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Kostyukova AS, Gongadze GM, Polosina YY, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Miroshnichenko ML, Chernyh NA, Obraztsova MV, Svetlichny VA, Messner P, Sleytr UB, L'Haridon S, Jeanthon C, Prieur D (November 1999). "Investigation of structure and antigenic capacities of
Thermococcales cell envelopes and
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of eight hours at 95 °C (203 °F) and two hours at 100 °C (212 °F). It also has a proofreading activity that is able to reduce mutation frequencies to a level 2–4 times lower than most non-proofreading DNA polymerases.
766:"Characterization of a DNA polymerase from the hyperthermophile archaea Thermococcus litoralis. Vent DNA polymerase, steady state kinetics, thermal stability, processivity, strand displacement, and exonuclease activities"
621:"Growth Physiology of the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Thermococcus litoralis: Development of a Sulfur-Free Defined Medium, Characterization of an Exopolysaccharide, and Evidence of Biofilm Formation"
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is 85–88 °C. It also prefers slightly acidic waters, growing between pH 4.0 to 8.0 with the optimal pH between 6.0–6.4. Unlike many other hyperthermophiles,
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at high temperatures found around hydrothermic vents and alanine and glutamate can usually be produced by other hyperthermophilic archaea. The main carbon source for
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Neuner A, Jannasch HW, Belkin S, Stetter KO (1990). "Thermococcus litoralis sp. nov.: A new species of extremely thermophilic marine archaebacteria".
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that does not form hexagonal lattices. Additionally, while many thermococcales obligately use sulfur as an electron acceptor in metabolism,
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has recently been popularized by the scientific community for its ability to produce an alternative DNA polymerase to the commonly used
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must be supplied with amino acids in order to grow at non-reduced rates. The only amino acids it does not require are
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that is between 0.5–3.0 μm (20–118 μin) in diameter. Like the other species in the order thermococcales,
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in that they all have flagella. Through the same processes it has been shown that the previously discovered
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polymerase, dubbed the vent polymerase, has been shown to have a lower error rate than Taq but due to its
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Rivas-Pardo JA, Herrera-Morande A, Castro-Fernandez V, Fernandez FJ, Vega MC, Guixé V (20 June 2013).
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721:(2006-08-16). "Bioprospecting of organisms from the deep sea: scientific and environmental aspects".
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as well as shallow submarine thermal springs and oil wells. It is an
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369:Physiology
284:Structures
279:Search for
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