Thermococcaceae

Thermococcaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Thermococci
Order:	Thermococcales
Family:	Thermococcaceae Zillig et al. 1988
Genera
Palaeococcus Takai et al. 2000 Pyrococcus Fiala and Stetter 1986 Thermococcus Zillig 1983

In taxonomy, the Thermococcaceae are a family of the Thermococcales.

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and the phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 106 by 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project.

Palaeococcus P. ferrophilus Takai et al. 2000 (type sp.) P. helgesonii Amend et al. 2006 ?Thermococcus litoralis Neuner et al. 2001 ?Thermococcus marinus ♠ Jolivet et al. 2004 ?Thermococcus mexicalis ♠ Antoine 1996 ?Thermococcus nautilus ♠ Soler et al. 2007 ?Thermococcus onnurineus ♠ Bae et al. 2006 ?Thermococcus radiotolerans ♠ Jolivet et al. 2004 ?Thermococcus waimanguensis ♠ Goetz & Morgan 1999 Thermococcus aegaeus Arab et al. 2000 Thermococcus alcaliphilus Keller et al. 1997 Thermococcus sibiricus Miroshnichenko et al. 2001 Thermococcus aggregans Canganella et al. 1998 Thermococcus barophilus Marteinsson et al. 1999   Pyrococcus ?P. abyssi ♠ Erauso et al. 1993 ?P. woesei ♦ Zillig 1988 ?P. yayanosii Birrien et al. 2011 Thermococcus chitonophagus Huber and Stetter 1996 P. glycovorans Barbier et al. 1999 P. furiosus Fiala and Stetter 1986 (type sp.) P. horikoshii González et al. 1999   Thermococcus T. gorgonarius Miroshnichenko et al. 1998 T. guaymasensis Canganella et al. 1998 T. fumicolans Godfroy and Meunier 1996 T. gammatolerans Jolivet et al. 2003 T. stetteri Miroshnichenko 1990 T. kodakarensis Atomi et al. 2005 T. peptonophilus González et al. 1996 T. profundus Kobayashi and Horikoshi 1995 T. acidaminovorans Dirmeier et al. 2001 T. pacificus Miroshnichenko et al. 1998 T. waiotapuensis González et al. 2001 T. zilligii Ronimus et al. 1999 T. atlanticus Cambon-Bonavita et al. 2004 T. celericrescens Kuwabara et al. 2007 T. siculi Grote et al. 2000 T. coalescens Kuwabara et al. 2005 T. thioreducens Pikuta et al. 2007 T. hydrothermalis Godfroy et al. 1997 T. celer Zillig 1983 (type sp.) T. barossii Duffaud et al. 2005

Notes:
♠ Strains found at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) but not listed in the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN).
♦ Type strain lost or not available

Further reading

Scientific databases

• PubMed references for Thermococcaceae
• PubMed Central references for Thermococcaceae
• Google Scholar references for Thermococcaceae

External links

• NCBI taxonomy page for Thermococcaceae
• Search Tree of Life taxonomy pages for Thermococcaceae
• Search Species2000 page for Thermococcaceae
• MicrobeWiki page for Thermococcaceae
• LSPN page for Thermococcaceae