Palaeococcus

Palaeococcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Methanobacteriati
Phylum:	Methanobacteriota
Class:	Thermococci
Order:	Thermococcales
Family:	Thermococcaceae
Genus:	Palaeococcus Takai et al. 2000 non Cockerell 1894
Type species
Palaeococcus ferrophilus Takai et al. 2000
Species
P. ferrophilus P. helgesonii P. pacificus

Palaeococcus is a genus of archaeans in the family Thermococcaceae. ^[1]

Phylogeny

16S rRNA based LTP_06_2022 [2] [3] [4]	53 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226 [5] [6] [7]
Palaeococcus P. pacificusZeng et al. 2013 P. ferrophilus Takai et al. 2000 P. helgesonii Amend et al. 2006	Palaeococcus P. pacificus P. ferrophilus

See also

• List of Archaea genera

References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Palaeococcus. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information . Retrieved 2007-03-19.
2. "The LTP" . Retrieved 10 May 2023.
3. "LTP_all tree in newick format" . Retrieved 10 May 2023.
4. "LTP_06_2022 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
5. "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
6. "ar53_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
7. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.

Further reading

• Takai K; Sugai A; Itoh T; Horikoshi K (2000). "Palaeococcus ferrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50 (2): 489–500. doi: 10.1099/00207713-50-2-489 . PMID   10758851.
• Zillig W; Holz I; Klenk HP; Trent J; et al. (1987). "Pyrococcus woesei, sp. nov., an ultra-thermophilic marine Archaebacterium, representing a novel order, Thermococcales". Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 9 (1–2): 62–70. doi:10.1016/S0723-2020(87)80057-7.