Name: "Pyrococcus chitonophagus" (Huber and Stetter 1996) Lepage et al. 2004
Basonym: Thermococcus chitonophagus Huber and Stetter 1996
Etymology: chi.to.no.pha.gus. Gr. masc./fem. adj. suff. -phagos; N.L. masc. adj. chitonophagus, the sheath degrader
Type strain: DSM 10152; GC74
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16S rRNA gene: AB033626 Analyse FASTA
Original publication: Lepage E, Marguet E, Geslin C, Matte-Tailliez O, Zillig W, Forterre P, Tailliez P. 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. Appl Environ Microbiol 2004; 70:1277-1286.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Thermococcus chitonophagus Huber and Stetter 1996
Name | Kind |
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Thermococcus chitonophagus Huber and Stetter 1996 | homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Parent taxon: Pyrococcus Fiala and Stetter 1986
Assigned by: Lepage E, Marguet E, Geslin C, Matte-Tailliez O, Zillig W, Forterre P, Tailliez P. 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. Appl Environ Microbiol 2004; 70:1277-1286.
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Record number: 18675