Thermococcales Explained

In taxonomy, the Thermococcales are an order of microbes within the Thermococci.^[1] The species within the Thermococcales are used in laboratories as model organisms.^[2] All these species are strict anaerobes and can ferment sugars as sources of carbon, but they also need elemental sulfur.^[3]

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 .
• Cavalier-Smith . T . 2002 . The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification . Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. . 52 . 7–76 . 11837318 . Pt 1 . 10.1099/00207713-52-1-7. 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 .

• Book: Zillig W . Reysenbach A-L . 2001 . Class IV (sic) [V]. Thermococci class. nov. . Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria . 2nd . DR Boone . RW Castenholz . 169 . Springer Verlag . New York . 978-0-387-98771-2 . registration .

Notes and References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Thermococcales. Data extracted from the Web site: NCBI taxonomy resources . . 2007-03-19.
2. Molecular Diversity of New Thermococcales Isolates from a Single Area of Hydrothermal Deep-Sea Vents as Revealed by Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Fingerprinting and 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Analysis. Elodie Lepage. Evelyne Marguet. Claire Geslin. Oriane Matte-Tailliez. Wolfram Zillig. Patrick Forterre. Patrick Tailliez. 10.1128/AEM.70.3.1277-1286.2004. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.. March 2004. 70. 3. 1277–1286. 15006744. 368356. 2004ApEnM..70.1277L. 2016-10-21. 10.1.1.488.6268.
3. Book: The Prokaryotes. The Order Thermococcales. Costanzo Bertoldo. 3. Garabed Antranikian. 69–81. 2006. 10.1007/0-387-30743-5_5. 978-0-387-30743-5. Springer New York.