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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Thermococcus thermotolerans

Name: Thermococcus thermotolerans Yang et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.to’le.rans. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. masc. part. adj. thermotolerans, tolerating heat

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 813A4; JCM 39367; MCCC M28628

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: OP204787 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yang Y, Leng H, Fan Q, Xiao X, Zhao W. Thermococcus thermotolerans sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a chimney in the Southwest Indian Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5934.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6243.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Thermococcus Zillig 1983

Assigned by: Yang Y, Leng H, Fan Q, Xiao X, Zhao W. Thermococcus thermotolerans sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a chimney in the Southwest Indian Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5934.

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Record number: 9987
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