Thermococcoides

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Thermococcoides

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Thermococcoides Feng et al. 2010, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thermococcoides shengliensis Feng et al. 2010.
Etymology: Gr. n. thermê, heat; N.L. n. coccus (from Gr. n. kokkos, a berry), coccus; L. suff. -oides (from Gr. suff. -eides, from Gr. n. eidos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure) resembling, similar; N.L. masc. n. Thermococcoides, a coccus-shaped bacterium which likes heat.
Reference: FENG (Y.), CHENG (L.), ZHANG (X.), LI (X.), DENG (Y.) and ZHANG (H.): Thermococcoides shengliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the order Thermotogales isolated from oil-production fluid. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 932-937.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Thermococcoides shengliensis Feng et al. 2010, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 2SM-2 = ACCC 00496 = DSM 22460.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU276414.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. shengliensis, of or pertaining to Shengli oilfield, where the type strain was isolated.
Reference: FENG (Y.), CHENG (L.), ZHANG (X.), LI (X.), DENG (Y.) and ZHANG (H.): Thermococcoides shengliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the order Thermotogales isolated from oil-production fluid. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 932-937.
Original article in IJSEM Online