Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.66

Name

Sulfolobus Brock et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

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	Sulfolobaceae Stetter 1989

Members

species	Sulfolobus acidocaldarius Brock et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)
species	Sulfolobus brierleyi Zillig et al. 1980
species	Sulfolobus hakonensis Takayanagi et al. 1996
species	Sulfolobus metallicus Huber and Stetter 1992
species	Sulfolobus shibatae Grogan et al. 1991
species	Sulfolobus solfataricus Zillig et al. 1980
species	Sulfolobus tengchongensis Xiang et al. 2003
species	Sulfolobus tokodaii Suzuki et al. 2002
species	Sulfolobus yangmingensis Jan et al. 1999

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 Sulfolobales Stetter 1989
family Sulfolobaceae Stetter 1989
genus Sulfolobus Brock et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

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 Sulfolobus Brock et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.66.

Source File

10.1601/tx.66.xml


This information was last reviewed on August 11, 2015.

References

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Brock TD, Brock KM, Belly RT, Weiss RL. Sulfolobus: a new genus of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria living at low pH and high temperature. Arch Mikrobiol 1972; 84:54-68. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00408082 [PubMed].
Grogan D, Palm P, Zillig W. Isolate B12, which harbours a virus-like element, represents a new species of the archaebacterial genus Sulfolobus, Sulfolobus shibatae, sp. nov. Arch Microbiol 1990; 154:594-599. [PubMed].
Suzuki T, Iwasaki T, Uzawa T, Hara K, Nemoto N, Kon T, Ueki T, Yamagishi A, Oshima T. Sulfolobus tokodaii sp. nov. (f. Sulfolobus sp. strain 7), a new member of the genus Sulfolobus isolated from Beppu Hot Springs, Japan. Extremophiles 2002; 6:39-44. [PubMed].
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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-003-0355-2 [PubMed].
Jan RL, Wu J, Chaw SM, Tsai CW, Tsen SD. A novel species of thermoacidophilic archaeon, Sulfolobus yangmingensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1809-1816. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-49-4-1809 [PubMed].
Huber G, Stetter KO. Sulfolobus metallicus, sp. nov., a novel strictly chemolithotrophic thermophilic archaeal species of metal-mobilizers. Syst Appl Microbiol 1991; 14:372-378.
Takayanagi S, Kawasaki H, Sugimori K, Yamada T, Sugai A, Ito T, Yamasato K, Shioda M. Sulfolobus hakonensis sp. nov., a novel species of acidothermophilic archaeon. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:377-382. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-46-2-377 [PubMed].