Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.398

Name

Pyrococcus Fiala and Stetter 1986

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

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

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Thermococcaceae Zillig et al. 1988

Members

species	Pyrococcus furiosus Fiala and Stetter 1986
species	Pyrococcus glycovorans Barbier et al. 1999
species	Pyrococcus horikoshii González et al. 1999
species	Pyrococcus kukulkanii Callac et al. 2016
species	Pyrococcus woesei Zillig et al. 1988
species	Pyrococcus yayanosii Birrien et al. 2011
species	Pyrococcus sp. None 2015

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus 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
genus Pyrococcus Fiala and Stetter 1986

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 genus Pyrococcus Fiala and Stetter 1986. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.398.

Source File

10.1601/tx.398.xml


This information was last reviewed on June 24, 2016.

References

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Barbier G, Godfroy A, Meunier JR, Quérellou J, Cambon MA, Lesongeur F, Grimont PAD, Raguénès G. Pyrococcus glycovorans sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from the East Pacific Rise. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1829-1837. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-49-4-1829 [PubMed].
Birrien J-L, Zeng X, Jebbar M, Cambon-Bonavita M-A, Quérellou J, Oger P, Bienvenu N, Xiao X, Prieur D. Pyrococcus yayanosii sp. nov., an obligate piezophilic hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2827-2881. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.024653-0 [PubMed].
González JM, Masuchi Y, Robb FT, Ammerman JW, Maeder DL, Yanagibayashi M, Tamaoka J, Kato C. Pyrococcus horikoshii sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a hydrothermal vent at the Okinawa Trough. Extremophiles 1998; 2:123-130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s007920050051 [PubMed].
Fiala G, Stetter KO. Pyrococcus furiosus sp. nov. represents a novel genus of marine heterotrophic archaebacteria growing optimally at 100 C. Arch Microbiol 1986; 145:56-61. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00413027.
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.
No reference is available 2015