Name: "Sulfolobaceae" Zillig et al. 1986

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Sul.fo.lo.ba’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Sulfolobaceae, the family of the genus Sulfolobus

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

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

Original publication: Zillig W, Yeats S, Holz I, Böck A, Rettenberger M, Gropp F, Simon G. Desulfurolobus ambivalens, gen. nov., sp. nov., an autotrophic archaebacterium facultatively oxidizing or reducing sulfur. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:197-203. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Sulfolobaceae Stetter 1989

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sulfolobaceae Stetter 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🛺 The type genus of this family has been placed in the family Sulfolobaceae Stetter 1989. 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. 🇩🇪
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Suljolobaceae"; "Sultolobaceae".
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

Parent taxon: Sulfolobales Stetter 1989

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — 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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