Name: Thermococcus kodakarensis corrig. Atomi et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ko.da.kar.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. kodakarensis, pertaining to Kodakara Island, the source of the hot water sample from which the strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-918; JCM 12380; KDO1; KOD1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D38650 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Atomi H, Fukui T, Kanai T, Morikawa M, Imanaka T. Description of Thermococcus kodakaraensis sp. nov., a well studied hyperthermophilic archaeon previously reported as Pyrococcus sp. KOD1. Archaea 2004; 1:263-267.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 103. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:983-985.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Pyrococcus kodakaraensis" Rahman et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Thermococcus kodakaraensis Atomi et al. 2005	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01734 (N = 1).
  • Thermococcus kodakaraensis was formerly named Pyrococcus sp. KOD1 [1] and "Pyrococcus kodakaraensis" Rahman et al., sp. nov. [2]. Publication: Morikawa M, Izawa Y, Rashid N, Hoaki T, Imanaka T. Purification and characterization of a thermostable thiol protease from a newly isolated hyperthermophilic Pyrococcus sp. Appl Environ Microbiol 1994; 60:4559-4566.
  • See also: Publication: Rahman RN, Fujiwara S, Nakamura H, Takagi M, Imanaka T. Ion pairs involved in maintaining a thermostable structure of glutamate dehydrogenase from a hyperthermophilic archaeon. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1998; 248:920-926.
  • The original spelling of the specific epithet, kodakaraensis (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 103. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:983-985.

Parent taxon: Thermococcus Zillig 1983

Assigned by: Atomi H, Fukui T, Kanai T, Morikawa M, Imanaka T. Description of Thermococcus kodakaraensis sp. nov., a well studied hyperthermophilic archaeon previously reported as Pyrococcus sp. KOD1. Archaea 2004; 1:263-267.

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