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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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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 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