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Palaeococcus

Palaeococcus is a genus of archaeans in the family Thermococcaceae.

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Palaeococcus
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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

Phylogeny

16S rRNA based LTP_06_2022234 53 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226567
Palaeococcus

P. pacificus Zeng et al. 2013

P. ferrophilus Takai et al. 2000

P. helgesonii Amend et al. 2006

Palaeococcus

P. pacificus

P. ferrophilus

See also

See also

References

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.
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