Species ***Thermococcus* *atlanticus***

Name: Thermococcus atlanticus Cambon-Bonavita et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.tlan’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. atlanticus, of or pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean (from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge from which the organism was isolated)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^her-mo-KOK-kus a-TLAN-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 15226; JCM 16138; MA898

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ310754 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Cambon-Bonavita MA, Lesongeur F, Pignet P, Wery N, Lambert C, Godfroy A, Querellou J, Barbier G. Thermococcus atlanticus sp nov., a hyperthermophilic Archaeon isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge [corrected]. Extremophiles 2003; 7:101-109. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 99. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1425-1426.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🧍 However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Thermococcus atlanticus Cambon-Bonavita et al. 2004 is now considered to be validly published, since deposit in a second culture collection in a different country has been documented. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 81. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1755-1763.
- 🧍 Thermococcus atlanticus (type strain MA898 = CIP 107420 = DSM 15226) appears in Validation List 99. However, the type strain CIP 107420 was never available and this name was deleted from Validation List 99. As a consequence, Thermococcus atlanticus was not validly published [Rules 27(3) and 30]. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 99. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1425-1426.

Parent taxon: Thermococcus Zillig 1983

Assigned by: Cambon-Bonavita MA, Lesongeur F, Pignet P, Wery N, Lambert C, Godfroy A, Querellou J, Barbier G. Thermococcus atlanticus sp nov., a hyperthermophilic Archaeon isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge [corrected]. Extremophiles 2003; 7:101-109. 🇫🇷

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Species Thermococcus atlanticus

Species ***Thermococcus* *atlanticus***