Global InformationSulfolobus metallicus information
| Sulfolobus metallicus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Archaea
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| Phylum: | Thermoproteota
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| Class: | Thermoprotei
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| Order: | Sulfolobales
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| Family: | Sulfolobaceae
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| Genus: | Sulfolobus
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| Species: | S. metallicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Sulfolobus metallicus Huber and Stetter 1992
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Sulfolobus metallicus is a coccoid shaped thermophilic archaeon.[1] It is a strict chemolithoautotroph gaining energy by oxidation of sulphur and sulphidic ores into sulfuric acid.[1] Its type strain is Kra 23 (DSM 6482).[1] It has many uses that take advantage of its ability to grow on metal media under acidic and hot environments.
- ^ a b c Huber, Gertrud; Stetter, Karl O. (1991). "Sulfolobus metallicus, sp. nov., a Novel Strictly Chemolithoautotrophic Thermophilic Archaeal Species of Metal-Mobilizers" (PDF). Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 14 (4): 372–378. doi:10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80312-7. ISSN 0723-2020.