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Karl O. Stetter

Researcher at University of Regensburg

Publications -  287
Citations -  26996

Karl O. Stetter is an academic researcher from University of Regensburg. The author has contributed to research in topics: RNA polymerase & Thermotoga maritima. The author has an hindex of 95, co-authored 287 publications receiving 25961 citations. Previous affiliations of Karl O. Stetter include University of Connecticut & University of California, Los Angeles.

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

TL;DR: Ten strains representing a novel genus of marine thermophilic archaebacteria growing at between 70 and 103°C with an optimal growth temperature of 100°C and a doubling time of only 37 min were isolated from geothermally heated marine sediments at the beach of Porto di Levante, Vulcano, Italy.
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A new phylum of Archaea represented by a nanosized hyperthermophilic symbiont

TL;DR: The cultivation of a new nanosized hyperthermophilic archaeon from a submarine hot vent is reported, which will provide insight into the evolution of thermophily, of tiny genomes and of interspecies communication.
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Thermotoga maritima sp. nov. represents a new genus of unique extremely thermophilic eubacteria growing up to 90°C

TL;DR: A novel type of bacterium has been isolated from various geothermally heated locales on the sea floor with a unique sheath-like structure and monotrichous flagellation that clearly belong to the eubacteria, although no close relationship to any known group could be detected.
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Pyrolobus fumarii, gen. and sp. nov., represents a novel group of archaea, extending the upper temperature limit for life to 113 degrees C

TL;DR: A novel, irregular, coccoid-shaped archaeum was isolated from a hydrothermally heated black smoker wall at the TAG site at the Mid Atlantic Ridge and described here a new genus, which is named Pyrolobus (the "fire lobe").