Genus Sulfodiicoccus
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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").
Sulfodiicoccus Sakai and Kurosawa 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Sulfodiicoccus acidiphilus Sakai and Kurosawa 2017.
Etymology: L. n. sulfur, sulfur; L. neut. n. odium, hatred; L. masc. n. coccus, a berry and, in biology, a coccoid cell; N.L. masc. n. Sulfodiicoccus, coccus which hates sulfur.
Valid publication: SAKAI, H. D. and KUROSAWA, N. 2017. Sulfodiicoccus acidiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur-inhibited thermoacidophilic archaeon belonging to the order Sulfolobales isolated from a terrestrial acidic hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1880-1886.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sulfodiicoccus acidiphilus Sakai and Kurosawa 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HS-1=JCM 31740=InaCC Ar79.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LC061218.
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum, acid; N.L. adj. philos, from Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. acidiphilus, acid-loving.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: SAKAI, H. D. and KUROSAWA, N. 2017. Sulfodiicoccus acidiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur-inhibited thermoacidophilic archaeon belonging to the order Sulfolobales isolated from a terrestrial acidic hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1880-1886.
Original article in IJSEM Online