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Genus Saccharolobus
Name: Saccharolobus Sakai and Kurosawa 2018
Etymology: Sac.cha.ro’lo.bus. Gr. neut. n. sakcharon, sugar; L. masc. n. lobus, lobe; N.L. masc. n. Saccharolobus, a lobed organism that catabolizes sugars
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Saccharolob-), sak-kha-RO-lo-bus
Type species: Saccharolobus solfataricus (Zillig et al. 1980) Sakai and Kurosawa 2018
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Sakai HD, Kurosawa N. Saccharolobus caldissimus gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic iron-reducing hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from an acidic terrestrial hot spring, and reclassification of Sulfolobus solfataricus as Saccharolobus solfataricus comb. nov. and Sulfolobus shibatae as Saccharolobus shibatae comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1271-1278. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2134-2136.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Sulfolobus Brock et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Zillig W, Stetter KO, Wunderl S, Schulz W, Priess H, Scholz I. The Sulfolobus- "Caldariella" group: taxonomy on the basis of the structure of DNA-dependent RNA polymerases. Arch. Mikrobiol. 1980; 125:259-269. 🇩🇪
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Saccharolubus".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 3; IFO: 2; NBRC: 2; DSM: 2; ATCC: 2; B: 1; InaCC: 1.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Sulfolobus Brock et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Zillig W, Stetter KO, Wunderl S, Schulz W, Priess H, Scholz I. The Sulfolobus- "Caldariella" group: taxonomy on the basis of the structure of DNA-dependent RNA polymerases. Arch. Mikrobiol. 1980; 125:259-269.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Saccharolobus caldissimus Sakai and Kurosawa 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Saccharolobus islandicus" (Zillig et al. 1994) Counts et al. 2021 not validly published synonym Saccharolobus shibatae (Grogan et al. 1991) Sakai and Kurosawa 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name Saccharolobus solfataricus (Zillig et al. 1980) Sakai and Kurosawa 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Sulfolobaceae Stetter 1989
Assigned by:
Sakai HD, Kurosawa N. Saccharolobus caldissimus gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic iron-reducing hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from an acidic terrestrial hot spring, and reclassification of Sulfolobus solfataricus as Saccharolobus solfataricus comb. nov. and Sulfolobus shibatae as Saccharolobus shibatae comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1271-1278. 🇯🇵
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Record number: 520363
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