| Name | Geogemma barossii 121 |
| Taxonomic ID | 1927912 |
| Domain | Archaea |
| Phylum | Crenarchaeota |
| Class | Thermoprotei |
| Order | Desulfurococcales |
| Family | Pyrodictiaceae |
| Ecosystem | Aquatic |
| Environment | Hydrothermal vent |
| Energy Source | Chemoautotroph |
| Metabolism | iron-reduction |
| Extended Metabolism |
Fe(III) was reduced to Fe(II) with formation of the magnetic mineral magnetite. The use of Fe(III) as an electron acceptor was key to the isolation of strain 121, as it does not use other known electron acceptors. |
| Ion for Chemiosmosis | - |
| Oxygen Requirement | Anaerobe |
| Min. pH | - |
| Max. pH | - |
| Avg. Opt. pH | - |
| Min. Temp. (°C) | 85.0 |
| Max. Temp. (°C) | 121.0 |
| Avg. Optimum Temp (°C) | 106.0 |
| Pressure for Opt. Temp. (kpa) | 200 |
| Optimum Pressure (Mpa) | - |
| Avg. Opt. salinity (%) | - |
| Note | - |
| Source | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12920290/ |
| Additional_source | - |