Sulfurococcus

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Sulfurococcus

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Sulfurococcus Golovacheva et al. 1995, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Sulfurococcus mirabilis Golovacheva et al. 1995.
Etymology: L. n. sulfur, sulfur; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Sulfurococcus, sulfur-oxidizing coccus.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 55. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 879-880. [GOLOVACHEVA (R.S.), VAL'EKHO-ROMAN (K.M.) and TROITSKII (A.V.): Sulfurococcus mirabilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new thermophilic archaebacterium with the ability to oxidize sulfur. Mikrobiologiya, 1985, 56, 100-107.]
Validation List N° 55 in IJSEM Online

Note: The type species has been designated in accordance with Rule 20c by the Associate Editor, IJSB.
Reference: ASSOCIATE EDITOR, IJSB: Validation list n° 55 (footnote d). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 879-880.
Validation List N° 55 in IJSEM Online

Sulfurococcus mirabilis Golovacheva et al. 1995, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain INMI AT-59.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: not found.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. mirabilis, wonderful.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 55. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 879-880. [GOLOVACHEVA (R.S.), VAL'EKHO-ROMAN (K.M.) and TROITSKII (A.V.): Sulfurococcus mirabilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new thermophilic archaebacterium with the ability to oxidize sulfur. Mikrobiologiya, 1985, 56, 100-107.]
Validation List N° 55 in IJSEM Online

Sulfurococcus yellowstonensis corrig. Karavaiko et al. 1995, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Str6kar (preserved at the Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.).
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: not found.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. yellowstonensis, pertaining to Yellowstone National Park, where organism was isolated.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 55. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 879-880. [KARAVAIKO (G.I.), GOLYSHINA (O.V.), TROITSKII (A.V.), VALIEHO-ROMAN (K.M.), GOLOVACHEVA (R.S.) and PIVOVAROVA (T.A.): Sulfurococcus yellowstonii sp. nov., a new species of iron- and sulfur-oxidizing thermoacidophilic archaebacteria. Mikrobiologiya, 1994, 63, 668-682.]
Validation List N° 55 in IJSEM Online

Note: The original spelling of the specific epithet, yellowstonii (sic), has been corrected by the Associate Editor, IJSB 1995.
Reference: ASSOCIATE EDITOR, IJSB: Validation list n° 55 (footnote c). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 879-880.
Validation List N° 55 in IJSEM Online