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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Thermococcus aegaeicus

Name: Thermococcus aegaeicus Arab et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 12767; JCM 10828; P5

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16S rRNA gene: AY099171 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Arab H, Volker H, Thomm M. Thermococcus aegaeicus sp. nov. and Staphylothermus hellenicus sp. nov., two novel hyperthermophilic archaea isolated from geothermally heated vents off Palaeochori Bay, Milos, Greece. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2101-2108. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:267-268.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Thermococcus aegaeus corrig. Arab et al. 2000

Parent taxon: Thermococcus Zillig 1983

Assigned by: Arab H, Volker H, Thomm M. Thermococcus aegaeicus sp. nov. and Staphylothermus hellenicus sp. nov., two novel hyperthermophilic archaea isolated from geothermally heated vents off Palaeochori Bay, Milos, Greece. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2101-2108. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 785061

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