Name: "Pyrococcus abyssi" Erauso et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ab.y’ss.i. L. gen. masc./fem. n. abyssi, bottomless, immense depth, living within the ocean depths

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CNCM I-1302; GE5

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16S rRNA gene: AY099167 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Erauso G, Reysenbach AL, Godfroy A, Meunier JR, Crump B, Partensky F, Baross JA, Marteinsson V, Barbier G, Pace NR, et al. Pyrococcus abyssi sp. nov., a new hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Arch. Microbiol. 1993; 160:338-349.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Pyrococcus Fiala and Stetter 1986

Assigned by: Erauso G, Reysenbach AL, Godfroy A, Meunier JR, Crump B, Partensky F, Baross JA, Marteinsson V, Barbier G, Pace NR, et al. Pyrococcus abyssi sp. nov., a new hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Arch. Microbiol. 1993; 160:338-349.

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Record number: 789764