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Species Thermococcus coalescens

Name: Thermococcus coalescens Kuwabara et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: co.a.les’cens. L. part. adj. coalescens, coalescing, indicating that the cells coalesce; from L. v. coalesco

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 16538; JCM 12540; TS1

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16S rRNA gene: AB107767 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kuwabara T, Minaba M, Iwayama Y, Inouye I, Nakashima M, Marumo K, Maruyama A, Sugai A, Itoh T, Ishibashi J, et al. Thermococcus coalescens sp. nov., a cell-fusing hyperthermophilic archaeon from Suiyo Seamount. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2507-2514.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Thermococcus Zillig 1983

Assigned by: Kuwabara T, Minaba M, Iwayama Y, Inouye I, Nakashima M, Marumo K, Maruyama A, Sugai A, Itoh T, Ishibashi J, et al. Thermococcus coalescens sp. nov., a cell-fusing hyperthermophilic archaeon from Suiyo Seamount. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2507-2514.

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Record number: 782559