Genus Stygiolobus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Stygiolobus Segerer et al. 1991, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Stygiolobus azoricus Segerer et al. 1991.
Etymology: L. adj. stygius, of the Styx, Stygian, of the lower world; L. masc. n. lobus, lobe; N.L. masc. n. Stygiolobus, lobed organism from Hades (its habitat was the gate to hell in Dante's Divina Commedia).
Valid publication: SEGERER (A.H.), TRINCONE (A.), GAHRTZ (M.) and STETTER (K.O.): Stygiolobus azoricus gen. nov., sp. nov. represents a novel genus of anaerobic, extremely thermoacidophilic archaebacteria of the order Sulfolobales. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1991, 41, 495-501.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Stygiolobus azoricus Segerer et al. 1991, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) FC6 = DSM 6296 = JCM 9021.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: D85520.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. azoricus, from the Azores, referring to the place of isolation.
Valid publication: SEGERER (A.H.), TRINCONE (A.), GAHRTZ (M.) and STETTER (K.O.): Stygiolobus azoricus gen. nov., sp. nov. represents a novel genus of anaerobic, extremely thermoacidophilic archaebacteria of the order Sulfolobales. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1991, 41, 495-501.
Original article in IJSEM Online