Hyperthermophilic archaea are thriving in deep North Sea and Alaskan oil reservoirs

Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya.

C R Woese, O. Kandler, Mark L. Wheelis · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1990 · 6.1K citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Microbiology +11

Pyrococcus furiosus sp. nov. represents a novel genus of marine heterotrophic archaebacteria growing optimally at 100�C

Gerhard Fiala, Karl O. Stetter · Archives of Microbiology · 1986 · 912 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Microbiology +12

Thermotoga maritima sp. nov. represents a new genus of unique extremely thermophilic eubacteria growing up to 90�C

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Life Sciences, Biology, Microbiology +14

The deep, hot biosphere.

T. Gold · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1992 · 640 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Microbiology +13

Aquifex pyrophilus gen. nov. sp. nov., Represents a Novel Group of Marine Hyperthermophilic Hydrogen-Oxidizing Bacteria

Robert Huber, Thomas Wilharm, Dagmar Huber et al. · Systematic and Applied Microbiology · 1992 · 431 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Microbiology +9