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Species Thermococcus gorgonarius

Classification: 

Archaea Methanobacteriati Methanobacteriota Thermococci Thermococcales Thermococcaceae Thermococcus Thermococcus gorgonarius

Name: Thermococcus gorgonarius Miroshnichenko et al. 1998

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: gor.go.na’ri.us. N.L. masc. adj. gorgonarius, pertaining to Gorgon, a Greek mythological creature with snakes for hair

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ther-mo-KOK-kus gor-go-NA-ri-us, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700654; DSM 10395; JCM 10552; W-12

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16S rRNA gene: AB055123 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Miroshnichenko ML, Gongadze GM, Rainey FA, Kostyukova AS, Lysenko AM, Chernyh NA, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Thermococcus gorgonarius sp. nov. and Thermococcus pacificus sp. nov.: heterotrophic extremely thermophilic archaea from New Zealand submarine hot vents. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:23-29. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:629.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
    • 😷 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 17 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Thermococcus Zillig 1983

Assigned by: Miroshnichenko ML, Gongadze GM, Rainey FA, Kostyukova AS, Lysenko AM, Chernyh NA, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Thermococcus gorgonarius sp. nov. and Thermococcus pacificus sp. nov.: heterotrophic extremely thermophilic archaea from New Zealand submarine hot vents. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:23-29. 🇷🇺

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Record number: 782562

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