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Taxon: Species sulfur veter. - S (chemical element)
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Etymology

Derived name: Catenococcus thiocycli corrig. Sorokin 1994 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [11 Jun 2026] ("Gr. neut. n. theîon, sulfur").
Derived name: Desulfacinum (Genus) Rees et al. 1995 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfacyla (Genus) van Vliet et al. 2021 nom. pro-inval. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [1 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfaltia (Genus) van Vliet et al. 2021 nom. pro-inval. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfarculus (Genus) Kuever et al. 2006 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [15 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfobacca (Genus) Oude Elferink et al. 1999 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [15 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfobacter (Genus) Widdel 1981 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfobacterium (Genus) Bak and Widdel 1988 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfobacula (Genus) Rabus et al. 2000 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfobaculum (Genus) Zhao et al. 2012 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfobia (Genus) van Vliet et al. 2021 nom. pro-inval. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfobotulus (Genus) Kuever et al. 2009 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfobulbus (Genus) Widdel 1981 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfocapsa (Genus) Janssen et al. 1997 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfocarbo (Genus) An and Picardal 2014 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [15 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfocastanea (Genus) Galushko and Kuever 2021 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfocella (Genus) Brandt et al. 1999 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfocicer (Genus) Galushko and Kuever 2021 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfococcus (Genus) Widdel 1981 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfoconvexum (Genus) Könneke et al. 2013 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfocurvibacter (Genus) Spring et al. 2019 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfocurvus (Genus) Klouche et al. 2009 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfofaba (Genus) Knoblauch et al. 1999 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfoferula (Genus) Watanabe et al. 2024 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [15 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfofrigus (Genus) Knoblauch et al. 1999 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfofustis (Genus) Friedrich et al. 1996 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfogranum (Genus) Galushko and Kuever 2021 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfohalobium (Genus) Ollivier et al. 1991 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfohalovibrio (Genus) Spring et al. 2019 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfolithobacter (Genus) Hashimoto et al. 2023 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfoluna (Genus) Suzuki et al. 2008 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfolutivibrio (Genus) Thiel et al. 2021 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfomicrobium (Genus) Rozanova et al. 1994 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfomonas (Genus) Moore et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980) Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfomonile (Genus) DeWeerd et al. 1991 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfomusa (Genus) Finster et al. 2001 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfonatronovibrio (Genus) Zhilina et al. 1997 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfonatronum (Genus) Pikuta et al. 1998 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfonauticus (Genus) Audiffrin et al. 2003 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfonema (Genus) Widdel 1981 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfopila (Genus) Suzuki et al. 2007 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfoplanes (Genus) Watanabe et al. 2015 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfoprunum (Genus) Junghare and Schink 2015 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulforapulum (Genus) Galushko and Kuever 2021 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulforegula (Genus) Rees and Patel 2001 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulforhabdus (Genus) Oude Elferink et al. 1997 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulforhopalus (Genus) Isaksen and Teske 1999 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfosalsimonas (Genus) Kjeldsen et al. 2010 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfosarcina (Genus) Widdel 1981 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfosediminicola (Genus) Song et al. 2023 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfosoma (Genus) Baena et al. 2011 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfosudis (Genus) Galushko and Kuever 2021 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfotalea (Genus) Knoblauch et al. 1999 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfothermus (Genus) Kuever et al. 2006 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfotignum (Genus) Kuever et al. 2001 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfovermiculus (Genus) Belyakova et al. 2007 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfovibrio (Genus) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfovirga (Genus) Tanaka et al. 2000 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfovulcanus (Genus) Kashyap et al. 2023 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfurella (Genus) Bonch-Osmolovskaya et al. 1993 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [1 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfurivibrio (Genus) Sorokin et al. 2008 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [16 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfurococcus (Genus) Zillig and Stetter 1983 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [21 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfuromonas (Genus) Pfennig and Biebl 1977 (Approved Lists 1980) Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Desulfuromusa (Genus) Liesack and Finster 1994 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Dissulfuribacter (Genus) Slobodkin et al. 2013 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Dissulfurimicrobium (Genus) Slobodkin et al. 2016 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [1 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Dissulfurirhabdus (Genus) Slobodkina et al. 2016 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Halodesulfurarchaeum (Genus) Sorokin et al. 2017 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [20 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Sulfodiicoccus (Genus) Sakai and Kurosawa 2017 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [21 May 2026] ("L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S)").
Derived name: Sulfolobus (Genus) Brock et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980) Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [21 May 2026] ("L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S)").
Derived name: Sulfonitrofixus (Genus) Cui et al. 2025 nom. inval. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [2 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Sulfophobococcus (Genus) Hensel et al. 1997 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [21 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Sulfuracidifex (Genus) Itoh et al. 2020 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [21 May 2026] ("L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S)").
Derived name: Sulfurfontimicrobium (Genus) Lian et al. 2024 nom. ined. Ref: Z.-H. Lian et al., (2024): 22 ("(S)"). [ined.]. [new]
Derived name: Sulfuricaulis (Genus) Kojima et al. 2016 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [3 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Sulfuricella (Genus) Kojima and Fukui 2010 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [29 Apr 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Sulfuricurvum (Genus) Kodama and Watanabe 2004 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [2 May 2026].
Derived name: Sulfuricystis (Genus) Kojima et al. 2022 nom. inval. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [28 Apr 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Sulfuriferula (Genus) Watanabe et al. 2015 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [29 Apr 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Sulfuriflexus (Genus) Kojima and Fukui 2016 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [5 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Sulfurifustis (Genus) Kojima et al. 2015 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [3 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Sulfurimicrobium (Genus) Kojima et al. 2021 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [29 Apr 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Sulfurimonas (Genus) Inagaki et al. 2003 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [2 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Sulfurirhabdus (Genus) Watanabe et al. 2016 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [29 Apr 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Sulfuriroseicoccus (Genus) Feng et al. 2022 nom. inval. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [18 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Sulfurisoma (Genus) Kojima and Fukui 2014 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [28 Apr 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Sulfurisphaera (Genus) Kurosawa et al. 1998 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [21 May 2026] ("L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S)").
Derived name: Sulfuritalea (Genus) Kojima and Fukui 2011 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [28 Apr 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Sulfuritortus (Genus) Kojima et al. 2017 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [29 Apr 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Sulfurivermis (Genus) Kojima et al. 2017 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [5 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Sulfurivirga (Genus) Takai et al. 2006 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [4 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Sulfurococcus (Genus) Golovacheva et al. 1995 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [21 May 2026] ("L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S)").
Derived name: Sulfurospirillum (Genus) Schumacher et al. 1993 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [2 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Sulfurovum (Genus) Inagaki et al. 2004 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [2 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Sulfursilanivivens (Genus) Lian et al. 2024 nom. ined. Ref: Z.-H. Lian et al., (2024): 16; LPSN[19 May 2026] ("(S)"). [new]
Derived name: Thermodesulfobacterium (Genus) Zeikus et al. 1995 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [18 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Thermodesulfomicrobium (Genus) Galushko and Kuever 2021 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Thermodesulforhabdus (Genus) Beeder et al. 1996 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [17 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Thermosulfurimonas (Genus) Slobodkin et al. 2012 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [18 May 2026] ("(S)").
Derived name: Thermosulfuriphilus (Genus) Slobodkina et al. 2017 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [18 May 2026] ("(S)").

Gender

Neuter Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [21 May 2026] ("L. neut. n.").

Variants

Different spelling: sulphur

Identifiers

Symbol: S Ref: G.J. Leigh et al., 1998: table 2.1 (p. 4).
Atomic number:  16 Ref: G.J. Leigh et al., 1998: table 2.1 (p. 4).

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: zwavel

Vernacular Names (Greek)

Full name: θείον Ref: G.J. Leigh et al., 1998: table 2.1 (p. 5, note 11).
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