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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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DAY 264
SPECIES 264 - Infirmifilum uzonense
STAGE: Archaea
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC watercolor. Sakura pen

I. uzonense is a hyperthermophilic, anaerobic, and organoheterotrophic archaeon. It was isolated from gray-white mud pits in Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka

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It was first identified at Obsidian Pool in Yellowstone National Park in 2008.

DAY 263
SPECIES 263 - Ca. Korarchaeum cryptofilum
STAGE: Archaea
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor. Sakura pen

Ca. K. cryptofilum is a species of archaeon with ultra thin and very long filaments

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DAY 262
SPECIES 262 - Tardisphaera saccharovorans
STAGE: Archaea
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor

NOTES: I like using the pen, but I wanted to stick solely to watercolor on this one.

T. saccharovorans is a species of thermoacidophilic, anaerobic archaea found in geothermal springs.

Ca. Cenarchaeum symbiosum is a marine archaeon that lives in a symbiotic relationship with the sponge Dragmacidon mexicanum, primarily off the coast of California.

DAY 261
SPECIES 261 - Ca. Cenarchaeum symbiosum
STAGE: Archaea
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, HWC & QoR watercolor. Sakura pen.

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DAY 260
SPECIES 260 - Ca. Nitrosotenuis aquarius
STAGE: Archaea
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor. Sakura pen. Tombow colored pencil

Ca. N. aquarius is a rod shaped, ammonia oxidizing archaeon isolated from freshwater aquarium biofilters

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Thanks, the rippled ones are always soooo challenging!

DAY 259
SPECIES 259 - Nitrosopumilus zosterae
STAGE: Archaea
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor. Sakura pen

N. zosterae is a species of autotrophic, ammonia oxidizing archaea. Isolated from sediments near eelgrass in Tanoura Bay, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

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Nitrosarchaeum haohaiensis is a very recently described species in 2025. Its a marine ammonia-oxidizing archaeon isolated from Yangshan Harbour in the East China Sea

DAY 258
SPECIES 258 - Nitrosarchaeum haohaiensis
STAGE: Archaea
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor. Sakura pen

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Watercolor is a dark art. Save me.