Name: Sulfolobaceae Stetter 1989

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Sul.fo.lo.ba’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Sulfolobus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Sulfolobaceae, the Sulfolobus family

Pronunciation, gender: sul-fo-lo-BA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Sulfolobus Brock et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Stetter KO. Order 111. Sulfofobales ord. nov. Family Sulfolobaceae fam. nov. In: Staley JT, Bryant MP, Pfennig N, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 3., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 2250-2251.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Sulfolobaceae" Zillig et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Suljolobaceae"; "Sultolobaceae".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Tsuboi et al. (2018), Segerer et al. (1991). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 27; DSM: 23; NBRC: 16; IFO: 12; ATCC: 9; InaCC: 3; CGMCC: 3; CIP: 2; B: 2; IAM: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acidianus Segerer et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Caldariella" De Rosa et al. 1975	not validly published	preferred name
    Desulfurolobus Zillig and Böck 1987	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Metallosphaera Huber et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharolobus Sakai and Kurosawa 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Stygiolobus Segerer et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sulfodiicoccus Sakai and Kurosawa 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sulfolobus Brock et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sulfuracidifex Itoh et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sulfurisphaera Kurosawa et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sulfurococcus Golovacheva et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Sulfolobales Stetter 1989

Assigned by: Stetter KO. Order 111. Sulfofobales ord. nov. Family Sulfolobaceae fam. nov. In: Staley JT, Bryant MP, Pfennig N, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 3., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 2250-2251.

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