Thermococcaceae

Thermococcaceae
Artistic depiction of Thermococcaceae as seen using a scanning electron microscope (SEM)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Thermococci
Order:	Thermococcales
Family:	Thermococcaceae Zillig et al. 1988
Genera
Palaeococcus Pyrococcus Thermococcus

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

See also

• List of Archaea genera

References

1. Sayers; et al. "Thermococcaceae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
2. Schut, Gerrit J.; Gina L. Lipscomb; Yejun Han; Jaspreet S. Notey; Robert M. Kelly; Michael M. W. Adams (2006-10-10). "The Family Thermococcaceae and the Order Thermococcales". The Prokaryotes. Vol. 3. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 363–383. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38954-2_324. ISBN 978-0387254937.
3. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
4. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
5. "LTP_06_2022 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
6. "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
7. "ar53_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
8. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

Further reading

• 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.