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Monotypic taxon:
Class
Thermococci
Zillig and Reysenbach 2002
(prokaryote)
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Entity:
Methanobacteriota (Phylum)
..Archaeoglobi (Class)
..Halobacteria (Class)
..Hikarchaeia (Candidate class)
..Methanobacteria (Class)
..Methanococci (Class)
..Methanofastidiosia (Candidate class)
..Methanoliparia (Candidate class)
..Methanomicrobia (Class)
..Methanonatronarchaeia (Class)
..Methanophagales (Candidate order)
..Methanopyri (Class)
..Methanosarcinia (Class)
..Ordosarchaeia (Candidate class)
..Penumbrarchaeia (Candidate class)
..Syntropharchaeia (Candidate class)
..Thalassarchaeia (Candidate class)
..Thermoplasmata (Class)
..Thermococci (Class)
....Thermococcales (Order)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
W. Zillig & A.-L. Reysenbach,
in
D.R. Boone
et al.
, eds., 2001/2002
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Zillig, W. & Reysenbach, A.-L. 2001.
In
D.R. Boone & R.W. Castenholz (eds.), Vol. 1: The
Archaea
and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic
Bacteria
.
In
G.M. Garrity (ed.),
Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology
, 2nd ed., Springer-Verlag, New York.
: 341.
Validating publication
:
[Anonymous] 2002.
Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.
52
(3)
: tbl. (p. 687: "class. nov.", "Zillig and Reysenbach").
Attributes
Orthographically correct name [ICNP, 2022: Rule 8 (class: not -ia; <2012)]
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN
: [21 May 2026] ("orthographically correct (nominative plural of a 2nd declension masculine noun)").
Types
Type
:
Thermococcales
(Order)
Zillig 1988
Ref:
[Anonymous], 2002
: tbl. (p. 687).
[
new
]
Variants
Not validly published name
:
Thermococci
(Class)
Zillig and Reysenbach 2001 nom. inval.
Ref:
[Anonymous], 2002
: tbl. (p. 687).
[
new
]
Synonyms
Alternative name
:
Protoarchaea
(Class)
Cavalier-Smith 2002 nom. rej.
Ref:
J.P. Euzéby, 2016
: [31 Aug 2017].
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Last updated:
28 Aug 2026