Name: Sulfuracidifex Itoh et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sul.fur.a.ci’di.fex. L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); L. neut. adj. acidum, acid; L. masc. n. suff. -fex, maker; from L. v. facio, to make; N.L. masc. n. Sulfuracidifex, the sulfuric acid maker, or sulfuroxidizing organism

Gender: masculine (stem: Sulfuracidific-)

Type species: Sulfuracidifex tepidarius Itoh et al. 2020

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Itoh T, Miura T, Sakai HD, Kato S, Ohkuma M, Takashina T. Sulfuracidifex tepidarius gen. nov., sp. nov. and transfer of Sulfolobus metallicus Huber and Stetter 1992 to the genus Sulfuracidifex as Sulfuracidifex metallicus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1837-1842.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3583-3587.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; DSM: 2; IFO: 1; NBRC: 1.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Sulfuracidifex metallicus (Huber and Stetter 1992) Itoh et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sulfuracidifex tepidarius Itoh et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Sulfolobaceae Stetter 1989

Assigned by: Itoh T, Miura T, Sakai HD, Kato S, Ohkuma M, Takashina T. Sulfuracidifex tepidarius gen. nov., sp. nov. and transfer of Sulfolobus metallicus Huber and Stetter 1992 to the genus Sulfuracidifex as Sulfuracidifex metallicus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1837-1842.

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