Name: Pyrococcus furiosus Fiala and Stetter 1986

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fu.ri.o’sus. L. masc. adj. furiosus, furious, raging

Pronunciation, gender: fu-ri-O-sus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43587; DSM 3638; JCM 8422; Vc 1

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16S rRNA gene: AB603518 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Fiala G, Stetter KO. Pyrococcus furiosus sp. nov. represents a novel genus of marine heterotrophic archaebacteria growing optimally at 100°C. Arch. Microbiol. 1986; 145:56-61.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 22. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:573-576.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pyrococcus Fiala and Stetter 1986. Publication: Fiala G, Stetter KO. Pyrococcus furiosus sp. nov. represents a novel genus of marine heterotrophic archaebacteria growing optimally at 100°C. Arch. Microbiol. 1986; 145:56-61.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1416 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Pyrococcus furiosus subsp. woesei" (Zillig 1988) Kanoksilapatham et al. 2004	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Pyrococcus Fiala and Stetter 1986

Assigned by: Fiala G, Stetter KO. Pyrococcus furiosus sp. nov. represents a novel genus of marine heterotrophic archaebacteria growing optimally at 100°C. Arch. Microbiol. 1986; 145:56-61.

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Record number: 780277