Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.9815

Name

Palaeococcus helgesonii Amend et al. 2006

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Palaeococcus Takai et al. 2000

Type Strain

representative organism

DSM 15127^T (=PI1)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Archaea Woese et al. 1990
phylum Euryarchaeota (sic) Garrity and Holt 2001
class Thermococci Zillig and Reysenbach 2002
order Thermococcales Zillig et al. 1988
family Thermococcaceae Zillig et al. 1988
genus Palaeococcus Takai et al. 2000
species Palaeococcus helgesonii Amend et al. 2006

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the species Palaeococcus helgesonii Amend et al. 2006. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.9815.

Source File

10.1601/tx.9815.xml

References

Amend JP, Meyer-Dombard DR, Sheth SN, Zolotova N, Amend AC. Palaeococcus helgesonii sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a geothermal well on Vulcano Island, Italy. Arch Microbiol 2003; 179:394-401. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-003-0542-7 [PubMed].