Name: Pyrococcus glycovorans Barbier et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gly.co’vo.rans. Gr. masc. adj. glykys, sweet, referring to glucose; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring, eating, devouring; N.L. masc. part. adj. glycovorans, eating glucose

Pronunciation, gender: gly-KO-wo-rans, masculine

Type strain: AL585; CNCM I-2120

16S rRNA gene: Z70247 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Barbier G, Godfroy A, Meunier JR, Querellou J, Cambon MA, Lesongeur F, Grimont PA, Raguenes G. Pyrococcus glycovorans sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from the East Pacific Rise. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1829-1837.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 CNCM is solely set up to deal with deposits on a confidential basis (i.e. patent deposits under the Budapest Treaty). Strain CNCM I-2120 is probably a patent deposit. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.
  • 🧍 Complete authorship reads: Barbier, Godfroy, Meunier and Raguénès 1999 in Barbier, Godfroy, Meunier, Quérellou, Cambon, Lesongeur, Grimont and Raguénès 1999.

Parent taxon: Pyrococcus Fiala and Stetter 1986

Assigned by: Barbier G, Godfroy A, Meunier JR, Querellou J, Cambon MA, Lesongeur F, Grimont PA, Raguenes G. Pyrococcus glycovorans sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from the East Pacific Rise. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1829-1837.

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