Sulfolobus shibatae

Sulfolobus shibatae
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Crenarchaeota
Phylum: Crenarchaeota
Class: Thermoprotei
Order: Sulfolobales
Family: Sulfolobaceae
Genus: Sulfolobus
Species: S. shibatae
Binomial name
Sulfolobus shibatae

Sulfolobus shibatae is an archaeal species belongs to the kingdom Crenarchaeota. Sulfolobus shibatae was described for the first time in 1990, after being isolated from geothermal pools in Beppu, Japan.[1]

Description

With a diameter between 0.7-1.5 µm, this organism thrives at a pH and temperature optima of 3.0 and 80 °C, respectively. Given the extreme conditions required for the growth of this microbe it is considered a thermoacidophile, as all organisms in the family Sulfolobaceae.[1][2]

Metabolism

This organism can grow in complex organic compounds and in sugars, and since it has not been yet determined if S. shibatae can grow autotrophically, this organism is either a heterotrophic or mixotrophic archaeon.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Grogan, D.; Palm, P.; Zillig, W. (1990-01-01). "Isolate B12, which harbours a virus-like element, represents a new species of the archaebacterial genus Sulfolobus, Sulfolobus shibatae, sp. nov". Archives of Microbiology. 154 (6): 594–599. doi:10.1007/bf00248842. ISSN 0302-8933. PMID 1703758.
  2. Albers, Sonja-Verena; Siebers, Bettina (2014-01-01). Rosenberg, Eugene; DeLong, Edward F.; Lory, Stephen; Stackebrandt, Erko; Thompson, Fabiano, eds. The Family Sulfolobaceae. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 323–346. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38954-2_329. ISBN 9783642389535.
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