Name: Sulfurisphaera javensis Tsuboi et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ja.ven’sis. N.L. fem. adj. javensis, from Java, referring to the place of isolation in Indonesia

Pronunciation, gender: ja-WEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: InaCC Ar81; JCM 32117; KD-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC332080 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tsuboi K, Sakai HD, Nur N, Stedman KM, Kurosawa N, Suwanto A. Sulfurisphaera javensis sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic and acidophilic archaeon isolated from Indonesian hot spring, and reclassification of Sulfolobus tokodaii Suzuki et al. 2002 as Sulfurisphaera tokodaii comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1907-1913.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2710-2711.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Sulfurisphaera Kurosawa et al. 1998

Assigned by: Tsuboi K, Sakai HD, Nur N, Stedman KM, Kurosawa N, Suwanto A. Sulfurisphaera javensis sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic and acidophilic archaeon isolated from Indonesian hot spring, and reclassification of Sulfolobus tokodaii Suzuki et al. 2002 as Sulfurisphaera tokodaii comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1907-1913.

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Record number: 797781