Name: "Pyrococcus chitonophagus" (Huber and Stetter 1996) Lepage et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Thermococcus chitonophagus Huber and Stetter 1996

Etymology: chi.to.no’pha.gus. Gr. masc./fem. adj. suff. -phagos, eater; N.L. masc. adj. chitonophagus, the sheath degrader

Pronunciation, gender: k^hi-to-NO-p^ha-gus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: 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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    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