taxonomy Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification. A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...

, the Thermococcales are an order of microbes within the

Thermococci In taxonomy, the Thermococci are a class of microbes within the Euryarchaeota.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Thermococci Data extracted from the They live in extremely hot environments, such as hydrothermal vents, and they have optimal growth t ...

. The species within the Thermococcales are used in laboratories as

model organism A model organism (often shortened to model) is a non-human species that is extensively studied to understand particular biological phenomena, with the expectation that discoveries made in the model organism will provide insight into the workin ...

s. All these species are strict

anaerobes An anaerobic organism or anaerobe is any organism that does not require molecular oxygen for growth. It may react negatively or even die if free oxygen is present. In contrast, an aerobic organism (aerobe) is an organism that requires an oxygenate ...

and can

ferment Fermentation is a metabolic process that produces chemical changes in organic substrates through the action of enzymes. In biochemistry, it is narrowly defined as the extraction of energy from carbohydrates in the absence of oxygen. In food ...

sugars as sources of carbon, but they also need elemental

sulfur Sulfur (or sulphur in British English) is a chemical element with the symbol S and atomic number 16. It is abundant, multivalent and nonmetallic. Under normal conditions, sulfur atoms form cyclic octatomic molecules with a chemical formula ...

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Archaea taxonomic orders Euryarchaeota {{Euryarchaeota-stub

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