Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.9143

Name

Desulfurolobus Zillig et al. 1987

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	Desulfurolobus ambivalens Zillig et al. 1987

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 Desulfurolobus Zillig et al. 1987

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 Desulfurolobus Zillig et al. 1987. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.9143.

Source File

10.1601/tx.9143.xml


This information was last reviewed on May 15, 2009.

References

Zillig W, Yeats S, Holz J, Böck A, Rettenberger M, Gopp F, Simon G. Desulfolobus ambivalens, gen. nov., sp. nov., an autotrophic archaebacterium facultatively oxidizing or reducing sulfur. Syst Appl Microbiol 1986; 8:197-203.