Thermococcus litoralis is a species of archaea classified in the class Thermococci, the order Thermococcales and the family Thermococcaceae.
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Thermococcus litoralis is a species of archaea classified in the class Thermococci, the order Thermococcales and the family Thermococcaceae.
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Neuner and colleagues described Thermococcus litoralis in 1990 as a new species of extremely thermophilic marine archaea.
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