Name: Sulfurococcus Golovacheva et al. 1995
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: masculine (stem: Sulfurococc-)
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
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
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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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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