Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.49

Name

Sulfophobococcus Hensel et al. 1997

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

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

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Desulfurococcaceae Zillig et al. 1983 emend. Burggraf et al. 1997

Members

species	Sulfophobococcus zilligii Hensel et al. 1997

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus 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
genus Sulfophobococcus Hensel 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 genus Sulfophobococcus Hensel et al. 1997. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.49.

Source File

10.1601/tx.49.xml


This information was last reviewed on April 20, 2009.

References

Hensel R, Matussek K, Michalke K, Tacke L, Tindall BJ, Kohlhoff M, Siebers B, Dielenschneider J. Sulfophobococcus zilligii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic archaeum isolated from hot alkaline springs of Iceland. Syst Appl Microbiol 1997; 20:102-110.