Thermococcaceae Explained

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]

See also

• List of Archaea genera

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 . 517–518 . 15653928 . Pt 1 . 10.1099/ijs.0.63548-0. free .
• 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 . 725–727 . 11321122 . Pt 2 . 10.1099/00207713-51-2-725. free .
• 6 . Zillig W . Holz I . Klenk HP . Trent J . Wunderl S . Janekovic D . Imsel E . Haas B . 1987 . Pyrococcus woesei, sp. nov., an ultra-thermophilic marine Archaebacterium, representing a novel order, Thermococcales . Syst. Appl. Microbiol. . 9 . 1–2 . 62–70 . 10.1016/S0723-2020(87)80057-7 .

Notes and References

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