Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.373

Name

Thermococcaceae Zillig et al. 1988

Taxonomic Rank

family

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
order	Thermococcales Zillig et al. 1988

Members

genus	Thermococcus Zillig et al. 1983
genus	Palaeococcus Takai et al. 2000
genus	Pyrococcus Fiala and Stetter 1986

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this family within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Archaea Woese et al. 1990
phylum Euryarchaeota (sic) Garrity and Holt 2001
class Thermococci Zillig and Reysenbach 2002
order Thermococcales Zillig et al. 1988
family Thermococcaceae Zillig et al. 1988

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the family Thermococcaceae Zillig et al. 1988. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.373.

Source File

10.1601/tx.373.xml


This information was last reviewed on February 16, 2017.

References

Takai K, Sugai A, Itoh T, Horikoshi K. Palaeococcus ferrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:489-500. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-50-2-489 [PubMed].
Zillig W, Holz I, Klenk HP, Trent J, Wunderl S, Janekovic D, Insel E, Haas B. Pyrococcus woesei, sp. nov., an ultra-thermophilic marine archaebacterium, representing a novel order, Thermococcales. Syst Appl Microbiol 1987; 9:62-70. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0723-2020(87)80057-7.