Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.31

Name

Desulfurococcaceae Zillig et al. 1983 emend. Burggraf et al. 1997

Taxonomic Rank

family

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
order	Desulfurococcales Huber and Stetter 2002

Members

genus	Desulfurococcus Zillig et al. 1983 emend. Perevalova et al. 2005
genus	Aeropyrum Sako et al. 1996
genus	Ignicoccus Huber et al. 2000
genus	Ignisphaera Niederberger et al. 2006
genus	Staphylothermus Fiala et al. 1986
genus	Stetteria Jochimsen et al. 1998
genus	Sulfophobococcus Hensel et al. 1997
genus	Thermodiscus Stetter 2003
genus	Thermogladius Kochetkova et al. 2016
genus	Thermosphaera Huber et al. 1998
genus	Zestosphaera St. John et al. 2021

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this family within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Archaea Woese et al. 1990
phylum Crenarchaeota (sic) Garrity and Holt 2021
class Thermoprotei Reysenbach 2002
order Desulfurococcales Huber and Stetter 2002
family Desulfurococcaceae Zillig et al. 1983 emend. Burggraf et al. 1997

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the family Desulfurococcaceae Zillig et al. 1983 emend. Burggraf et al. 1997. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.31.

Source File

10.1601/tx.31.xml


This information was last reviewed on April 14, 2020.

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