Name: Sulfurococcus Golovacheva et al. 1995

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sul.fu.ro.coc’cus. L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Sulfurococcus, sulfur-oxidizing coccus

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Sulfurococc-), sul-fu-ro-KOK-kus

Type species: Sulfurococcus mirabilis Golovacheva et al. 1995

Effective publication: Golovacheva RS, Val'Ekho-Roman KM, Troitskii AV. Sulfurococcus mirabilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new thermophilic archaebacterium with the ability to oxidize sulfur. Mikrobiologiya 1987; 56:100-107.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 55. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:879-880.

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: "Suifurococcus"; "Sulfarococrus"; "Sulfmococcua"; "Suljurococcus"; "Uifurococcus".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "SUCO" 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.
  • 🧍 The type species has been designated in accordance with Rule 20c by the Associate Editor, IJSB. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 55. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:879-880.

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: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Sulfurococcus mirabilis Golovacheva et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sulfurococcus yellowstonensis corrig. Karavaiko et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sulfurococcus yellowstonii Karavaiko et al. 1995	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

Parent taxon: Sulfolobaceae Stetter 1989

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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