Name: Thermococcus fumicolans Godfroy and Meunier 1996
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. part. adj. fumicolans, living on smoke
Type strain: CIP 104680; CIP 104690; DSM 12820; JCM 10128; ST557
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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
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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Record number: 782560