Sulfolobus tokodaii

Sulfolobus tokodaii
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Crenarchaeota
Phylum: Crenarchaeota
Class: Thermoprotei
Order: Sulfolobales
Family: Sulfolobaceae
Genus: Sulfolobus
Species: S. tokodaii
Binomial name
Sulfolobus tokodaii
Suzuki et al. 2002

Sulfolobus tokodaii is a thermophilic archaeon. It is acidophilic and obligately aerobic. The type strain is 7 (JCM 10545).[1] Its genome has been sequenced.[2]

References

  1. Suzuki, Toshiharu; Iwasaki, Toshio; Uzawa, Taketoshi; Hara, Kurt; Nemoto, Naoki; Kon, Takahide; Ueki, Toshiaki; Yamagishi, Akihiko; Oshima, Tairo (2002). "Sulfolobus tokodaii sp. nov. (f. Sulfolobus sp. strain 7), a new member of the genus Sulfolobus isolated from Beppu Hot Springs, Japan". Extremophiles. 6 (1): 39–44. doi:10.1007/s007920100221. ISSN 1431-0651.
  2. Kawarabayasi Y; Hino Y; Horikawa H; Jin-no K; Takahashi M; Sekine M; et al. (2001). "Complete genome sequence of an aerobic thermoacidophilic crenarchaeon, Sulfolobus tokodaii strain7.". DNA Res. 8 (4): 123–40. doi:10.1093/dnares/8.4.123. PMID 11572479.

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