Thermococcus alcaliphilus is a hyperthermophilic archaeon. It is coccoid-shaped and heterotrophic, first isolated from a shallow marine hydrothermal system at Vulcano Island, Italy. Its type strain is AEDII12 (DSM 10322). References Further reading External links LPSN WORMS Type strain of Thermococcus alcaliphilus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase Euryarchaeota Archaea described in 1997