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.
This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Solfolobus"; "Sufolobus"; "Sulfalobus"; "Sulflolobus"; "Sulfolobua"; "Sulfolollus"; "Sulfowbus"; "Sulfowllus"; "Sulfulobus"; "Suljolobus"; "Sullolobus"; "Sulpholobus"; "Sutfolobus".
Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Sakai and Kurosawa (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