Name: Sulfodiicoccus acidiphilus Sakai and Kurosawa 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ci.di’phi.lus. L. neut. adj. acidum, acid; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. acidiphilus, acid-loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: HS-1; InaCC Ar79; JCM 31740

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC061218 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sakai HD, Kurosawa N. Sulfodiicoccus acidiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur-inhibited thermoacidophilic archaeon belonging to the order Sulfolobales isolated from a terrestrial acidic hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1880-1886.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3137-3139.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sulfodiicoccus Sakai and Kurosawa 2017. Publication: Sakai HD, Kurosawa N. Sulfodiicoccus acidiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur-inhibited thermoacidophilic archaeon belonging to the order Sulfolobales isolated from a terrestrial acidic hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1880-1886.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sulfodiicoccus Sakai and Kurosawa 2017

Assigned by: Sakai HD, Kurosawa N. Sulfodiicoccus acidiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur-inhibited thermoacidophilic archaeon belonging to the order Sulfolobales isolated from a terrestrial acidic hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1880-1886.

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Record number: 795394