Desulfurococcaceae

"Desulfurococcaceae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A family of archaea, in the order DESULFUROCOCCALES, consisting of anaerobic cocci which utilize peptides, proteins or carbohydrates facultatively by sulfur respiration or fermentation. There are eight genera: AEROPYRUM, Desulfurococcus, Ignicoccus, Staphylothermus, Stetteria, Sulfophoboccus, Thermodiscus, and Thermosphaera. (From Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2d ed)

Descriptor ID	D019620
MeSH Number(s)	B02.075.200.500
Concept/Terms	Desulfurococcaceae Desulfurococcaceae Ignicoccus Ignicoccus Sulfophobococcus Sulfophobococcus Stetteria Stetteria Thermodiscus Thermodiscus Thermosphaera Thermosphaera Desulfurococcus Desulfurococcus Staphylothermus Staphylothermus

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Desulfurococcaceae".

Organisms [B]
Archaea [B02]
Crenarchaeota [B02.075]
Desulfurococcales [B02.075.200]
Desulfurococcaceae [B02.075.200.500]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Desulfurococcaceae".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Desulfurococcaceae".

Desulfurococcaceae
Aeropyrum

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