"Sulfolobus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of aerobic, chemolithotrophic, coccoid ARCHAEA whose organisms are thermoacidophilic. Its cells are highly irregular in shape, often lobed, but occasionally spherical. It has worldwide distribution with organisms isolated from hot acidic soils and water. Sulfur is used as an energy source.
| Descriptor ID |
D016944
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B02.075.725.725.725
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sulfolobus" by people in Profiles.
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Cysteine usage in Sulfolobus spindle-shaped virus 1 and extension to hyperthermophilic viruses in general. Virology. 2008 Jul 05; 376(2):270-8.
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A winged-helix protein from Sulfolobus turreted icosahedral virus points toward stabilizing disulfide bonds in the intracellular proteins of a hyperthermophilic virus. Virology. 2007 Nov 25; 368(2):249-61.