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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Sulfolobus metallicus Huber and Stetter 1992

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

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D85519 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Itoh T, Miura T, Sakai HD, Kato S, Ohkuma M, Takashina T. Sulfuracidifex tepidarius gen. nov., sp. nov. and transfer of Sulfolobus metallicus Huber and Stetter 1992 to the genus Sulfuracidifex as Sulfuracidifex metallicus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1837-1842.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3583-3587.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sulfolobus metallicus Huber and Stetter 1992	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.15089 (N = 4).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sulfuracidifex Itoh et al. 2020

Assigned by: Itoh T, Miura T, Sakai HD, Kato S, Ohkuma M, Takashina T. Sulfuracidifex tepidarius gen. nov., sp. nov. and transfer of Sulfolobus metallicus Huber and Stetter 1992 to the genus Sulfuracidifex as Sulfuracidifex metallicus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1837-1842.

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Record number: 5974