Pyrococcus woesei

Taxonomy ID: 2262 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:2262)

current name

Pyrococcus woesei  Zillig et al. 1988 in [Validation List No. 24 (1988)]

type strain of Pyrococcus woesei: ATCC : 49860 , DSM : 3773 , JCM : 8421

homotypic synonym:

"Pyrococcus furiosus subsp. woesei"  Kanoksilapatham et al. 2004 , effective name  ¹⁾ in [Kanoksilapatham W et al. (2004)]

NCBI BLAST name: euryarchaeotes
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Archaea; Methanobacteriati; Methanobacteriota; Thermococci; Thermococcales; Thermococcaceae; Pyrococcus

Notes:

• 1) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).

Comments and References:

Validation List No. 24 (1988) VALIDATION LIST No. 24. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1988) 38(1):136-137.

Zillig W et al. (1987) Zillig, W., Holz, I., Klenk, H.P., Trent, J., Wunderl, S., Janekovic, D., Imsel, E., and Haas, B. "Pyrococcus woesei, sp. nov., an ultra-thermophilic marine Archaebacterium, representing a novel order, Thermococcales." Syst. Appl. Microbiol. (1987) 9(1-2):62-70.

Kanoksilapatham W et al. (2004) , doi: 10.1155/2004/513563 , Pubmed: abstract Kanoksilapatham, W., González, J.M., Maeder, D.L., DiRuggiero, J., and Robb, F.T. "A proposal to rename the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus woesei as Pyrococcus furiosus subsp. woesei." Archaea (2004) 1(4):277-283.

Drew S et al. (2025) Drew, S., St John, E., and Bartlett, M. "Genome sequence of Pyrococcus woesei DSM 3773(T)-an anaerobic, hyperthermophilic archaeum from heated marine solfataras." Microbiol. Resour. Announc. (2025) 14(10):e00528-25.