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Species Thermococcus aggregans
Name: Thermococcus aggregans Canganella et al. 1998
Etymology: ag’gre.gans. L. inf. v. aggregare, to stick together, to aggregate; L. masc. part. adj. aggregans, assembling, aggregating
Type strain: DSM 10597; DSM 12819; JCM 10137; TY
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
Y08384
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Canganella F, Jones WJ, Gambacorta A, Antranikian G. Thermococcus guaymasensis sp. nov. and Thermococcus aggregans sp. nov., two novel thermophilic archaea isolated from the Guaymas Basin hydrothermal vent site. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1181-1185. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:5-6.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 😷 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 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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
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🧍 In the paper by Canganella et al., the type strain DSM 12819 is erroneously cited as DSM 10597.
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.
Parent taxon: Thermococcus Zillig 1983
Assigned by:
Canganella F, Jones WJ, Gambacorta A, Antranikian G. Thermococcus guaymasensis sp. nov. and Thermococcus aggregans sp. nov., two novel thermophilic archaea isolated from the Guaymas Basin hydrothermal vent site. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1181-1185.
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Record number: 782551
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