Metallosphaera

Metallosphaera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Thermoproteati
Phylum: Thermoproteota
Class: Thermoprotei
Order: Sulfolobales
Family: Sulfolobaceae
Genus: Metallosphaera
Huber et al. 1989
Type species
Metallosphaera sedula
Huber et al. 1989
Species

Metallosphaera is a genus of archaeans in the family Sulfolobaceae.[1]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) [2] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)[1]

16S rRNA based LTP_06_2022[3][4][5] 53 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226[6][7][8]
Metallosphaera

M. tengchongensis

M. prunae

M. sedula

M. cuprina

M. hakonensis

Metallosphaera

"M. yellowstonensis" Kozubal et al. 2011

M. tengchongensis Peng et al. 2015

M. cuprina Liu et al. 2011

M. hakonensis (Takayanagi et al. 1996) Kurosawa, Itoh & Itoh 2003

M. javensis Hofmann et al. 2022

M. sedula Huber et al. 1989 [incl. M. prunae Fuchs et al. 1996]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Sayers; et al. "Metallosphaera". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  2. J.P. Euzéby. "Metallosphaera". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  3. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  4. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  5. "LTP_06_2022 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  6. "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  7. "ar53_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  8. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.

Further reading

Scientific journals

Scientific books

  • Stetter, KO (1989). "Order III. Sulfolobales ord. nov. Family Sulfolobaceae fam. nov.". In JT Staley; MP Bryant; N Pfennig; JG Holt (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume 3 (1st ed.). Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Co. p. 169.