Pyrococcus sp. (ATCC BAA-2246, JCM 17043)

Name: Pyrococcus sp. (ATCC BAA-2246, JCM 17043)
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BacDive ID 161908

Type strain

Culture col. no. ATCC BAA-2246 JCM 17043

NCBI tax ID(s) 33866

Special Collections JCM

History W. Kanoksilapatham; Silpakorn Univ., Thailand; Pikanate 5017 (=PK 5017).

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JCM 17043 is a hyperthermophilic prokaryote that was isolated from Freshwater hot spring in Huai Nam Dang National Park.

hyperthermophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 131088

ATCC BAA-2246,JCM 17043

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:08:51

Domain Methanobacteriati

Phylum Methanobacteriota

Class Thermococci

Order Thermococcales

Family Thermococcaceae

Genus Pyrococcus

Full scientific name Pyrococcus Fiala and Stetter 1986

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
67770	positive	growth	95	hyperthermophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
67770	Freshwater hot spring in Huai Nam Dang National Park	Thailand	THA	Asia

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
67770	Pyrococcus sp. Pikanate 5017 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	FJ793195	885	1089272
67770	Pyrococcus sp. Pikanate 5017 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	HQ223090	864	1089272
124043	Pyrococcus sp. Pikanate 5017 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	HQ223089	872	1089272

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	42.5	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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