Name: "Sulfolobus islandicus" Edwards and Rohwer 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: is.lan’di.cus. N.L. masc. adj. islandicus, pertaining to Iceland, Icelandic

Gender: masculine

Original publication: Edwards RA, Rohwer F. Viral metagenomics. Nat Rev Microbiol 2005; 3:504-510.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧍 See also Zuo et al. (2014). Publication: Zuo G, Hao B, Staley JT. Geographic divergence of "Sulfolobus islandicus" strains assessed by genomic analyses including electronic DNA hybridization confirms they are geovars. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:431-435.
  • 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.

Parent taxon: Sulfolobus Brock et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Edwards RA, Rohwer F. Viral metagenomics. Nat Rev Microbiol 2005; 3:504-510.

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Record number: 1008