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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Thermococcus marinus"

Name: "Thermococcus marinus" Jolivet et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’nus. L. masc. adj. marinus, pertaining to marine, of sea water from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, referring to the isolation of the type strain from marine water

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: DSM 15227; EJ1; JCM 11825

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AF479012 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Jolivet E, Corre E, L'Haridon S, Forterre P, Prieur D. Thermococcus marinus sp. nov. and Thermococcus radiotolerans sp. nov., two hyperthermophilic archaea from deep-sea hydrothermal vents that resist ionizing radiation. Extremophiles 2004; 8:219-227.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Thermococcus Zillig 1983

Assigned by: Jolivet E, Corre E, L'Haridon S, Forterre P, Prieur D. Thermococcus marinus sp. nov. and Thermococcus radiotolerans sp. nov., two hyperthermophilic archaea from deep-sea hydrothermal vents that resist ionizing radiation. Extremophiles 2004; 8:219-227.

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Record number: 782565
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