Ignicoccus
| Ignicoccus | |
|---|---|
| Ignicoccus hospitalis (with two smaller, symbiotic Nanoarchaeum equitans) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Clade: | Proteoarchaeota |
| Kingdom: | Thermoproteati |
| Phylum: | Thermoproteota |
| Class: | Thermoprotei |
| Order: | Desulfurococcales |
| Family: | Desulfurococcaceae |
| Genus: | Ignicoccus Huber, Burggraf, Mayer, Wyschkony, Rachel & Stetter 2000 |
| Type species | |
| Ignicoccus islandicus Huber & Stetter 2000 | |
| Species | |
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Ignicoccus is a genus of hyperthermophillic Archaea living in marine hydrothermal vents. They were discovered in samples taken at the Kolbeinsey Ridge north of Iceland, as well as at the East Pacific Rise (at 9 degrees N, 104 degrees W) in 2000.