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

See also

• List of Archaea genera

References

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.

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