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Desulfurococcus

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Desulfurococcus is a genus of archaeans in the family Desulfurococcaceae.[1]

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Desulfurococcus
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Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Thermoproteati
Phylum: Thermoproteota
Class: Thermoprotei
Order: Desulfurococcales
Family: Desulfurococcaceae
Genus: Desulfurococcus
Zillig & Stetter 1983
Type species
Desulfurococcus mucosus
Zillig & Stetter 1983
Species
  • D. amylolyticus
  • D. fermentans
  • D. kamchatkensis
  • D. mobilis
  • D. mucosus
  • "D. saccharovorans"
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Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[2] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[1]

16S rRNA based LTP_07_2026[3][4][5] 53 marker proteins based GTDB 11-RS232[6][7][8]
Desulfurococcus

D. amylolyticus Bonch-Osmolovskaya et al. 2001

D. mucosus Zillig & Stetter 1983

Desulfurococcus

D. amylolyticus

D. mucosus

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