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Name: Sulfobacillus Golovacheva and Karavaiko 1991
Etymology: Sul.fo.ba.cil.lus. L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); L. masc. n. bacillus, small rod; N.L. masc. n. Sulfobacillus, small sulfur-oxidizing rod
Gender: masculine (stem: Sulfobacill-)
Type species: Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans Golovacheva and Karavaiko 1991
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Golovacheva RS, Karavaiko GI. [Sulfobacillus, a new genus of thermophilic sporulating bacteria]. Mikrobiologiia 1978; 47:815-822.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 36. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:178-179.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 9
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
Sulfobacillus acidophilus Norris et al. 1996 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Sulfobacillus benefaciens Johnson et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Sulfobacillus disulfidooxidans Dufresne et al. 1996 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Sulfobacillus harzensis Zhang et al. 2021 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Sulfobacillus montserratensis" Johnson et al. 2001 | not validly published | preferred name |
Sulfobacillus sibiricus Melamud et al. 2006 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans Golovacheva and Karavaiko 1991 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Sulfobacillus thermotolerans Bogdanova et al. 2006 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Sulfobacillus yellowstonensis" Kinnunen and Puhakka 2004 | not validly published | preferred name |
Parent taxon: "Sulfobacillaceae" Cavalier-Smith and Chao 2020
Assigned by:
Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
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Record number: 517121