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DAY 278
SPECIES 278 - Metallosphaera cuprina
STAGE: Archaea
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen, Tombow pencil

M. cuprina is a thermoacidophilic, metal mobilizing archaeon isolated from sulfuric hot spring in Yunnan, China

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It was isolated from acidic hot springs in Japan and thrives at high temperatures and low pH

DAY 277
SPECIES 277- Sulfodiicoccus acidiphilus
STAGE: Archaea
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic, QoR & HWC watercolor, Sakura pen, Tombow pencil

Sulfodiicoccus acidiphilus is a coccus shaped, non-motile archaeon.

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Saccharolobus solfataricus is an extreme thermoacidophilic archaeon. It's widely used in laboratory studies due to its ability to grow on various carbon sources and its role in understanding thermoacidophilic adaptations

DAY 276
SPECIES 276 - Saccharolobus solfataricus
STAGE: Archaea
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. DS , QoR & HWC watercolor, Sakura pen

NOTES: I have 3 colors that I want to keep using over and over.

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Thanks for the suggestion! I'll keep an eye on it.

It utilizes sulfur and iron oxidation for energy and is used in industrial bioleaching to extract copper from ore.

DAY 275
SPECIES 275 - Sulfuracidifex metallicus
STAGE: Archaea
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, HWC & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen

S. metallicus is an archaeon discovered in Icelandic solfataric fields.

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Went from Cave Johnson to Space Johnson

Staphylothermus marinus is not a pizza, but an archaeon that thrives in marine hydrothermal vents at temperatures of 85–92°C. It requires elemental sulfur for growth.

DAY 274
SPECIES 274 - Staphylothermus marinus
STAGE: Archaea
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen, Tombow pencil

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Stetteria hydrogenophila is a hyperthermophilic, and strictly anaerobic archaeon isolated from marine hydrothermal sediments in Paleohori Bay, Greece.

DAY 273
SPECIES 273 - Stetteria hydrogenophila
STAGE: Archaea
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, HWC & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen

NOTES: I'm approaching the end of Archaea, I'll move onto the next stage on day 300. 🦠_🦠

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Originally isolated in 1996 from a solfataric vent at Kodakarajima island "Small treasure island" in Kyūshū, Japan. It was also the first aerobic archaeon to have its complete genome sequenced.

DAY 272
SPECIES 272 - Aeropyrum pernix
STAGE: Archaea
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC watercolor, Sakura pen

Aeropyrum pernix is a strictly aerobic, hyperthermophilic archaeon.

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I. aggregans is a hyperthermophilic, anaerobic archaeon found in New Zealand hot springs. Its name translates to "Aggregating fire balls" because the species has a roughly spherical shape and lives in environments of extreme heat

DAY 271
SPECIES 271 - Ignisphaera aggregans
STAGE: Archaea
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, DS & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen

NOTES: Continuing my fight to conquer painting ripples and ridges. 🗡️🦐

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DAY 270
SPECIES 270 - Thermogladius calderae
STAGE: Archaea
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, HWC & QoR watercolor, Tombow pencil

T. calderae is an archaeon species that requires an oxygen free environment. It was isolated from a hot spring in Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka Russia

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Yeah it does look like a sliced fruit doesn't it! 😆

DAY 269
SPECIES 269 - Pyrodictium delaneyi
STAGE: Archaea
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen, Tombow pencil

Pyrodictium delaneyi is a heat loving archaeon isolated from a deep sea black smoker chimney vent at a depth of 2200m

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Absolutely! Feel free to ask anytime, and I'll try my best to answer.

Hyperthermophilic just means it lives in extremely hot environments like hydrothermal vents and hot springs. This species is an archaeon, which look like bacteria, but are a very different and distinct.

You bet! It's Latin name Hyperthermus butylicus translates to heat loving organism that produces butanol, a type of alcohol that's a byproduct of its metabolism.

DAY 268
SPECIES 268 - Hyperthermus butylicus
STAGE: Archaea
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC watercolor, Tombow pencil

H. butylicus is an hyperthermophilic archaeon found on the sea floor near the coast of the island São Miguel, Azores, Portugal.

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P. japonicus is a hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a deep sea hydrothermal vent in the Okinawa Trough, Japan

DAY 267
SPECIES 267 - Pyrofollis japonicus
STAGE: Archaea
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen

NOTES: Didn't have a plan with this one, so I kept layering until I was happy.

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Love this!

DAY 266
SPECIES 266 - Caldisphaera lagunensis
STAGE: Archaea
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, HWC & QoR watercolor

C. lagunensis is a thermoacidophilic, anaerobic archaeon isolated from acidic hot springs at Mt. Maquiling in the Philippines

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It's very bird!

DAY 265
SPECIES 265 - Acidilobus saccharovorans
STAGE: Archaea
MEDIUM: Arches Paper, Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen

A. Saccharovorans is an archaeon isolated from acidic hot springs in Kamchatka Russia. It's coccoid shaped with a bundle of archaella for mobility

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