Name: Saccharolobus Sakai and Kurosawa 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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: masculine (stem: Saccharolob-)

Type species: Saccharolobus solfataricus (Zillig et al. 1980) Sakai and Kurosawa 2018

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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.

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

• Notes:
  • 🚋 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.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 3; ATCC: 2; IFO: 2; DSM: 2; NBRC: 2.

Subdivision:

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: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Saccharolobus caldissimus Sakai and Kurosawa 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    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

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