Species ***Thermococcus* *fumicolans***

Name: Thermococcus fumicolans Godfroy and Meunier 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fu.mi.co’lans. L. masc. n. fumus, smoke, referring to the smokers or chimneys of deep-sea vents; L. pres. part. colans, inhabiting, living in; N.L. masc. part. adj. fumicolans, living on smoke

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^her-mo-KOK-kus fu-mi-KO-lans, masculine

Type strain: CIP 104680; CIP 104690; DSM 12820; JCM 10128; ST557

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB055122 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Godfroy A, Meunier JR, Guezennec J, Lesongeur F, Raguenes G, Rimbault A, Barbier G. Thermococcus fumicolans sp. nov., a new hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent in the north Fiji Basin. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1113-1119. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:243-244.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Godfroy and Meunier) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Godfroy et al.).
- 😷 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 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 2026-08-13. 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 11 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🧍 The collection number for the type strain is CIP 104690 and not CIP 104680 as cited in the paper by Godfroy et al. 1996. Publication: Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:1951. 🇵🇹
- 🧍 The strain CIP 104690 is not available. — Bizet C. Personal communication, 2005-06-28.

Parent taxon: Thermococcus Zillig 1983

Assigned by: Godfroy A, Meunier JR, Guezennec J, Lesongeur F, Raguenes G, Rimbault A, Barbier G. Thermococcus fumicolans sp. nov., a new hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent in the north Fiji Basin. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1113-1119. 🇫🇷

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Species Thermococcus fumicolans

Species ***Thermococcus* *fumicolans***