Sulfolobus acidocaldarius: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Archaea
- Phylum
- Crenarchaeota
- Class
- Thermoprotei
- Order
- Sulfolobales
- Family
- Sulfolobaceae
- Genus
- Sulfolobus
- Species
- Sulfolobus acidocaldarius
- Scientific Name
- Sulfolobus acidocaldarius
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Sulfolobus acidocaldarius
Sulfolobus acidocaldarius is a thermoacidophilic archaeon that belongs to the phylum Thermoproteota. S. acidocaldarius was the first Sulfolobus species to be described, in 1972 by Thomas D. Brock and collaborators. This species was found to grow optimally between 75 and 80 °C, with pH optimum in the range of 2-3.
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