Name: Sulfolobus Brock et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)
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
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
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
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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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 | preferred name (not correct name) |
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 | preferred name (not correct name) |
Sulfolobus metallicus Huber and Stetter 1992 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
"Sulfolobus neozealandicus" Arnold et al. 2000 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
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 | preferred name (not correct name) |
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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Record number: 517122