Domain Archaea Phylum Crenarchaeota Order Sulfolobales Rank Species | Kingdom Crenarchaeota Class Thermoprotei Family Sulfolobaceae | |
Similar Sulfolobus, Fuselloviridae, Sulfolobus metallicus, Acidianus, Pyrodictium | ||
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.
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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.
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.
References
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