Name: Sulfolobus metallicus Huber and Stetter 1992

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.tal’li.cus. L. masc. adj. metallicus, the miner (can be noun or adjective)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 6482; IFO 15436; JCM 9184; Kra 23; NBRC 15436

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D85519 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Huber G, Stetter KO. Sulfolobus metallicus, sp. nov., a novel strictly chemolithoautotrophic thermophilic archaeal species of metal-mobilizers. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1991; 14:372-378.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 40. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:191-192.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Sulfuracidifex metallicus (Huber and Stetter 1992) Itoh et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sulfuracidifex metallicus (Huber and Stetter 1992) Itoh et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Sulfolobus metallicus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Sulfolobus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 29 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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

Assigned by: Huber G, Stetter KO. Sulfolobus metallicus, sp. nov., a novel strictly chemolithoautotrophic thermophilic archaeal species of metal-mobilizers. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1991; 14:372-378.

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