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

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sul.fo.lo.bus. L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); L. masc. n. lobus, a ball, lobe; N.L. masc. n. Sulfolobus, lobed sulfur-oxidizing organism

Gender: masculine (stem: Sulfolob-)

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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Brock TD, Brock KM, Belly RT, Weiss RL. Sulfolobus: a new genus of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria living at low pH and high temperature. Arch Mikrobiol 1972; 84:54-68.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of 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.
  • Nomenclatural type of the family "Sulfolobaceae" Zillig et al. 1986. 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 type of the order Sulfolobales 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.
  • Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Archaebacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
  • Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned this genus to the subphylum "Sulfobacteria" (Cavalier-Smith 1986) Cavalier-Smith 1998. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Solfolobus"; "Sufolobus"; "Sulfalobus"; "Sulfglobus"; "Sulflolobus"; "Sulfolobua"; "Sulfolollus"; "Sulfowbus"; "Sulfowllus"; "Sulfulobus"; "Suliolobus"; "Suljolobus"; "Sullolobus"; "Sulpholobus"; "Sutfolobus".
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Tsuboi et al. (2018). 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: 7; DSM: 7; NBRC: 6; IFO: 5; ATCC: 4; CGMCC: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "SULB" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 12

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Sulfolobus acidocaldarius Brock et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Sulfolobus ambivalens" Zillig et al. 1985	not validly published
    Sulfolobus brierleyi Zillig et al. 1980	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Sulfolobus hakonensis Takayanagi et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Sulfolobus islandicus" Edwards and Rohwer 2005	not validly published
    Sulfolobus metallicus Huber and Stetter 1992	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Sulfolobus neozealandicus" Arnold et al. 2000	not validly published
    Sulfolobus shibatae Grogan et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Sulfolobus solfataricus Zillig et al. 1980	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Sulfolobus tengchongensis" Xiang et al. 2003	not validly published
    Sulfolobus tokodaii Suzuki et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Sulfolobus yangmingensis Jan et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Sulfolobaceae 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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