Name: Thermococcales Zillig 1988

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Thermococcus, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Thermococcales, the Thermococcus order

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Thermococcus Zillig 1983

Effective publication: Zillig W, Holz I, Klenk H-P, Trent J, Wunderl S, Janekovic D, Imsel E, Haas B. Pyrococcus woesei, sp. nov., an ultra-thermophilic marine Archaebacterium, representing a novel order, Thermococcales. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1987; 9:62-70.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 24. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:136-137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the class Protoarchaea Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • Nomenclatural type of the class Thermococci Zillig and Reysenbach 2002. Publication: Zillig W, Reysenbach A-L. Class V Thermococci class. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 341-348.
  • Nomenclatural type of the superclass "Eurythermea" Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned this order to the infraphylum "Eurytherma" Cavalier-Smith 1998. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • Woese et al. (1990) assigned this order to the kingdom "Euryarchaeota" Woese et al. 1990. Publication: Woese CR, Kandler O, Wheelis ML. Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:4576-4579.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Termococcales"; "Thermoccocales"; "Therntococcales".
  • The authority of the taxon name (Zillig) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Zillig et al.).
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 44; JCM: 39; ATCC: 19; KCTC: 3; CIP: 3; NBRC: 2; MCCC: 1; CGMCC: 1; VKM: 1.
  • On the Validation List no. 24, in violation of Rules 15 and 21a, the nomenclatural type is given as Thermococcaceae Zillig 1988. Publication: Zillig W, Reysenbach AL. Order I. Thermococcales Zillig 1988, 136VP (Effective publication Zillig in Zillig, Holz, Klenk, Trent, Wunderl, Janekovic, Imsel and Hass 1987, 69). In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 341.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thermococcaceae Zillig 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Thermococci Zillig and Reysenbach 2002

Assigned by: Zillig W, Reysenbach A-L. Class V Thermococci class. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 341-348.

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