Name DOI
10.1601/nm.374
Name
 Zillig et al. 1983
Name Status
Validly Published
Current Authority
Zillig et al. 1983
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
genus
Nomenclatural Type
(designated species)
 Zillig et al. 1983
Taxonomy
Proper Form
Thermococcus Zillig et al. 1983
Nomenclatural History
The genus Thermococcus was originally proposed by Zillig et al. 1983. This name became validly published when it appeared on Validation List No. 11 in 1983. This name was affected by Judicial Opinion 79 in 2005.
Citation
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Name Abstract for Thermococcus Zillig et al. 1983.. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.374.
Source File
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References

  1. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. 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 2005; 55:517-518. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63548-0 [PubMed].
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