MeSH definition : A genus of facultatively anaerobic coccoid ARCHAEA, in the family SULFOLOBACEAE. Cells
are highly irregular in shape and thermoacidophilic. Lithotrophic growth occurs aerobically
via sulfur oxidation in some species. Distribution includes solfataric springs and
fields, mudholes, and geothermically heated acidic marine environments.;
A genus of facultatively anaerobic coccoid ARCHAEA, in the family SULFOLOBACEAE. Cells
are highly irregular in shape and thermoacidophilic. Lithotrophic growth occurs aerobically
via sulfur oxidation in some species. Distribution includes solfataric springs and
fields, mudholes, and geothermically heated acidic marine environments.