Pyrococcus Furiosus

The Rushing Fireball

If you like an exuberant lady who can handle the heat, then I am the anaerobic, lophotrichous hyperthermophile for you. Let's see if you can stay up to speed and swim with me near my favorite thermal vents in 100 degrees Celcius water. If you aren't as fiery as me, don't bother shooting your shot - the cool guy personality is a real hindrance where I come from, and don't even get me started if you are a mouth breather. Oxygen is NOT my thing. If you are a hyperthermophile like me but you need sulfur, don't expect me to settle in your layer because I can survive without it. I have a lot of requirements, but I'm not high maintenance, I just know what I want. On a positive note, you get extra points if you are a foodie. I like fine dining and I'm all about variety. I want peptides AND carbohydrates for my carbon. 

If you like me, you'll like my group even better. We like to get tangled with our many flagella into the most attractive biofilm on the planet. You better come prepared to pay a high price if you want in on the party, though. Some of our enzymes are tungsten dependant which isn't easy to come by in biological systems.