Metallosphaera

In taxonomy, Metallosphaera is a genus of the Sulfolobaceae.

Phylogeny

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

References

Huber G; Spinnler C; Gambacorta A; Stetter KO (1989). "Metallosphaera sedula gen. nov. and sp. nov. represents a new genus of aerobic, metal-mobilizing, thermoacidophilic archaebacteria" (PDF). Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 12: 38–47. doi:10.1016/s0723-2020(89)80038-4.
Jennings, Ryan; Whitmore, Laura; Moran, James; Kreuzer, Helen; Innskeep, William (14 February 2014). "Carbon Dioxide Fixation by Metallosphaera yellowstonensis and Acidothermophilic Iron-Oxidizing Microbial Communities from Yellowstone National Park". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 80 (9): 2665–2671. Bibcode:2014ApEnM..80.2665J. doi:10.1128/aem.03416-13. PMC 3993312. PMID 24532073.
McCarthy, Samuel; Ai, Chenbing; Wheaton, Garrett; Tevatia, Rahul; Eckrich, Valerie; Kelly, Robert; Blum, Paul (2014). "Role of an Archaeal PitA Transporter in the Copper and Arsenic Resistance of Metallosphaera sedula, an Extreme Thermoacidophile". Journal of Bacteriology. 196 (20): 3562–3570. doi:10.1128/JB.01707-14. ISSN 0021-9193. PMC 4187696. PMID 25092032.

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.