Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.67

Name

Sulfolobus acidocaldarius Brock et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

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

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Sulfolobus Brock et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Type Strain

representative organism

DSM 639^T (=ATCC 33909)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species 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)
species Sulfolobus acidocaldarius 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 species Sulfolobus acidocaldarius Brock et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.67.

Source File

10.1601/tx.67.xml

References

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].