Pyrodictium abyssi

Pyrodictium abyssi
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Clade: Proteoarchaeota
Kingdom: Thermoproteati
Phylum: Thermoproteota
Class: Thermoprotei
Order: Desulfurococcales
Family: Pyrodictiaceae
Genus: Pyrodictium
Species:
P. abyssi
Binomial name
Pyrodictium abyssi
Pley and Stetter 1991

Pyrodictium abyssi is a species of heterotrophic marine archaeal hyperthermophile that can grow at 110 °C (230 °F). Its type strain is AV2 (DSM 6158).