Biology:Thermococcaceae

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Short description: Family of archaea

Thermococcaceae
Red Thermococcaceae bacterium with multiple flagella
Artistic depiction of Thermococcaceae as seen using a scanning electron microscope (SEM)
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Thermococcaceae Zillig et al. 1988
Genera

In taxonomy, the Thermococcaceae are a family of the Thermococcales.[1] Almost all species within the three genera of Thermococcaceae were isolated from hydrothermal vents in the ocean. All are strictly anaerobes.[2]

Phylogeny

16S rRNA based LTP_06_2022[3][4][5] 53 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214[6][7][8]

Palaeococcus

Thermococcus species-group 2

Pyrococcus

Thermococcus

Palaeococcus Takai et al. 2000

Thermococcus species-group 2

Thermococcus species-group 3

Pyrococcus Fiala & Stetter 1986

Thermococcus Zillig 1983

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References

Further reading

Scientific journals

  • Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (2005). "The nomenclatural types of the orders Acholeplasmatales, Halanaerobiales, Halobacteriales, Methanobacteriales, Methanococcales, Methanomicrobiales, Planctomycetales, Prochlorales, Sulfolobales, Thermococcales, Thermoproteales and Verrucomicrobiales are the genera Acholeplasma, Halanaerobium, Halobacterium, Methanobacterium, Methanococcus, Methanomicrobium, Planctomyces, Prochloron, Sulfolobus, Thermococcus, Thermoproteus and Verrucomicrobium, respectively. Opinion 79". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55 (Pt 1): 517–518. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63548-0. PMID 15653928. 
  • Euzeby JP; Tindall BJ (2001). "Nomenclatural type of orders: corrections necessary according to Rules 15 and 21a of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision), and designation of appropriate nomenclatural types of classes and subclasses. Request for an Opinion". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 51 (Pt 2): 725–727. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-2-725. PMID 11321122. 
  • Zillig W; Holz I; Klenk HP; Trent J; Wunderl S; Janekovic D et al. (1987). "Pyrococcus woesei, sp. nov., an ultra-thermophilic marine Archaebacterium, representing a novel order, Thermococcales". Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 9 (1–2): 62–70. doi:10.1016/S0723-2020(87)80057-7. 

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External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7783140 entry