Name: Sulfophobococcus Hensel et al. 1997

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sul.fo.pho.bo.coc’cus. L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); Gr. ind. v. phobeô, to be seized with fear, to fear, to avoid; N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Sulfophobococcus, the sulfur fearing coccus

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Sulfophobococc-), sul-fo-p^ho-bo-KOK-kus

Type species: Sulfophobococcus zilligii Hensel et al. 1997

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hensel R, Matussek K, Michalke K, Tacke L, Tindall BJ, Kohlhoff M, Siebers B, Dielenschneider J. Sulfophobococcus zilligii gen. nov., spec. nov. a novel hyperthermophilic archaeum isolated from hot alkaline springs of Iceland. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1997; 20:102-110.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 62. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:915-916.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Sulfophobococcw"; "Suljophobococcus".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Sulfophobococcus zilligii Hensel et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfurococcaceae Zillig and Stetter 1983

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.

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