Thermococcaceae

Thermococcaceae
	Artistic depiction of Thermococcaceae as seen using a scanning electron microscope (SEM)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Thermococci
Order:	Thermococcales
Family:	Thermococcaceae Zillig et al. 1988
Genera
	Palaeococcus; Pyrococcus; Thermococcus;

In taxonomy, the Thermococcaceae are a family of the Thermococcales.^[1] Almost all species within the three genera of Thermococcaceae were isolated from hydrothermal vents in the ocean. All are strictly anaerobes.^[2]

Phylogeny

16S rRNA based LTP_06_2022^[3]^[4]^[5]

53 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214^[6]^[7]^[8]

Thermococcus species-group 2

Palaeococcus Takai et al. 2000

Thermococcus species-group 2

Thermococcus species-group 3

^ Sayers; et al. "Thermococcaceae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
^ Schut, Gerrit J.; Gina L. Lipscomb; Yejun Han; Jaspreet S. Notey; Robert M. Kelly; Michael M. W. Adams (2006-10-10). "The Family Thermococcaceae and the Order Thermococcales". The Prokaryotes. Vol. 3. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 363–383. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38954-2_324. ISBN 978-0387254937.
^ "The LTP". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
^ "LTP_06_2022 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
^ "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
^ "ar53_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

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