furiosus

The bug will be based on an archaea called pyrococcus furiosus, first discovered near the hot springs of Vulcano Island, Italy, but it will contain features of three to five other bugs.

Coaxing Fuel From Extreme Bugs 2010

Wirth 2006 Flagella of Pyrococcus furiosus: multifunctional organelles, made for swimming, adhesion to various surfaces, and cell-cell contacts.

Flagellum evolution -- how's your German? - The Panda's Thumb 2010

But if they can then get it to work in p. furiosus, they could run the whole system at high temperature, high enough to allow the biofuels produced to be distilled without having to build a separate distilling apparatus.

Coaxing Fuel From Extreme Bugs 2010

The bug will be based on an archaea called pyrococcus furiosus, first discovered near the hot springs of Vulcano Island, Italy, but it will contain features of three to five other bugs.

Coaxing Fuel From Extreme Bugs 2010

But if they can then get it to work in p. furiosus, they could run the whole system at high temperature, high enough to allow the biofuels produced to be distilled without having to build a separate distilling apparatus.

Coaxing Fuel From Extreme Bugs 2010

So, unlike the detoxification pathways in plants, the ones in P. furiosus function over an astonishing 100+ degree Celsius range in temperature.

Archive 2005-10-01 2005

And scientists find their Prozac pill in Pyrococcus furiosus, a microbe that lives in a superheated vent at the bottom of the ocean, but periodically it gets spewed out into cold sea water.

Archive 2005-10-01 2005

And scientists find their Prozac pill in Pyrococcus furiosus, a microbe that lives in a superheated vent at the bottom of the ocean, but periodically it gets spewed out into cold sea water.

Prozac for Plants 2005

So, unlike the detoxification pathways in plants, the ones in P. furiosus function over an astonishing 100+ degree Celsius range in temperature.

Prozac for Plants 2005

The scientists say P. furiosus is a microbe that can survive in extreme temperatures.

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