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Sulfolobus

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Sulfolobus [səl′fäl·ə·bəs]
(microbiology)
A genus of bacteria that is gram-negative, coccoid, chemolithotrophic, and thermoacidophilic. It is found worldwide in sulfur-rich hot springs and oxidizes sulfur for energy production. Its cells are highly irregular in shape, often lobed, but occasionally spherical.
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Robert (Rob) Hatherill are working in the laboratory of Steve Yannone of Berkeley Lab's Life Sciences Division as members of a team studying the proteins and protein complexes that make it possible for the microbe Sulfolobus solfataricus to thrive under conditions that would cripple most other forms of life.
Del Mar College students help unlock the secrets of organisms that ... by Community College Week
Three genes (SS1, SS7, and SS9) from the Archaeon Sulfolobus sulfataricus were studied to ascertain which protein they each coded for and a minor characterization of the proteins.
SS1, a butyrl-COA synthetase from the thermophilic Archaeon ... by Laughridge, Heather / Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of Science
Scientists identified a thermostable hydrolizing enzyme, b-glycosidase, from genetically modified hyperthermophilic Archea Sulfolobus solfataricus and Pyrococcus furiosus that grew in continuous fermentors.
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