Palaeococcus

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

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

Phylogeny

16S rRNA based LTP_06_2022[2][3][4]	53 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226[5][6][7]
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

• List of Archaea genera