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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Thermococcus marinus

Name: Thermococcus marinus Jolivet et al. 2025

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ma-RI-nus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 15227; EJ1; JCM 11825

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF479012 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: 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: 67886
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