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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Sulfolobus tengchongensis"

Name: "Sulfolobus tengchongensis" Xiang et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: teng.chong.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. tengchongensis, pertaining to Tengchong, Yunnan, China, where the organism was isolated

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: CGMCC 1.3345; RT8-4

16S rRNA gene: AY135637 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Xiang X, Dong X, Huang L. Sulfolobus tengchongensis sp. nov., a novel thermoacidophilic archaeon isolated from a hot spring in Tengchong, China. Extremophiles 2003; 7:493-498.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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

Assigned by: Xiang X, Dong X, Huang L. Sulfolobus tengchongensis sp. nov., a novel thermoacidophilic archaeon isolated from a hot spring in Tengchong, China. Extremophiles 2003; 7:493-498.

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Record number: 801193
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