Species ***Thermococcus* *hydrothermalis***

Name: Thermococcus hydrothermalis Godfroy et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.dro.ther.ma’lis. N.L. masc. adj. hydrothermalis, hydrothermal, pertaining to a hydrothermal vent

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^her-mo-KOK-kus hy-dro-t^her-MA-lis, masculine

Type strain: AL662; CNCM I-1319

16S rRNA gene: Z70244 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Godfroy A, Lesongeur F, Raguenes G, Querellou J, Antoine E, Meunier JR, Guezennec J, Barbier G. Thermococcus hydrothermalis sp. nov., a new hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:622-626. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1275-1276.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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 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 15 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🧍 CNCM is solely set up to deal with deposits on a confidential basis (i.e. patent deposits under the Budapest Treaty). Strain CNCM 1319 is probably a patent deposit. 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: Godfroy A, Lesongeur F, Raguenes G, Querellou J, Antoine E, Meunier JR, Guezennec J, Barbier G. Thermococcus hydrothermalis sp. nov., a new hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:622-626. 🇫🇷

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Species Thermococcus hydrothermalis

Species ***Thermococcus* *hydrothermalis***