Complete Genome Sequences of 11 Type Species from the Thermococcus Genus of Hyperthermophilic and Piezophilic Archaea.

We report here the genome sequences of the type strains of the species Thermococcus barossii, T. celer, T. chitonophagus, T. gorgonarius, T. pacificus, T. peptonophilus, T. profundus, T. radiotolerans, T. siculi, and T. thioreducens, as well as the prototype of a possible type strain of a novel Thermococcus species, strain P6.