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663
Scientific Name Pyrodictium
Comments Scanning electron micrograph of Pyrodictium cells, connected by a network of protein "fibers" (Rieger 1995)
Copyright © 1997 R. Rachel
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Attached to Group Crenarchaeota: view page image collection
Title pyrodictium.jpeg
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ID 663
716
Scientific Name Pyrolobus
Comments Pyrolobus, the organism with the highest known growth temperature (113°C). Transmission electron micrograph of freeze-etched cells (Bloechl 1997).
Copyright © 1997 R. Rachel
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Title pyrolobus.jpeg
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ID 716
774
Scientific Name Spirulina
Copyright © 1995
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Attached to Group Cyanobacteria: view page image collection
Title spirulina.200.jpeg
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ID 774
1225
Scientific Name Prochloron
Copyright © 1995
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Attached to Group Cyanobacteria: view page image collection
Title prochloron.200.jpeg
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ID 1225
1619 pool in Yellowstone
Location Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
Comments Hot, sulfur-rich, acidic habitats, like this pool in Yellowstone, are often home to species of Sulfolobus.
Copyright © 1997
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Attached to Group Sulfolobus (Crenarchaeota): view page image collection
Title sulfurlake.jpeg2
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ALT Text pool in Yellowstone
ID 1619
1888 Fischerella
Copyright © 1995
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Attached to Group Fischerella (Cyanobacteria): view page image collection
Title fischerella.200.gif
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ALT Text Fischerella
ID 1888
2947 Obsidian Pool, Yellowstone National Park
Location Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
Comments Obsidian Pool, in the Mud Volcano area of Yellowstone National Park, is a neutral-pH hot spring which contains an unusually wide diversity of Crenarchaeota. Note yellow deposits of sulfur on banks.
Copyright © 1997 Norm Pace
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Title obsidian.jpeg2
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ALT Text Obsidian Pool, Yellowstone National Park
ID 2947
4670
Scientific Name Pyrobaculum
Comments Pyrobaculum, a rod-shaped organism with flagella. Transmission electron micrograph of a cell, shodowed with platinum (Voelkl 1993).
Copyright © 1997 R. Rachel
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Title pyrobaculum.jpeg
Image Type Photograph
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ID 4670
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