Halothiobacillus

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Halothiobacillus

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Number of species cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Halothiobacillus Kelly and Wood 2000, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Halothiobacillaceae Kelly and Wood 2005).
Type species: ¤ Halothiobacillus neapolitanus (Parker 1957) Kelly and Wood 2000.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Halothiobacillus, salt-loving sulfur rodlet.
Reference: KELLY (D.P.) and WOOD (A.P.): Reclassification of some species of Thiobacillus to the newly designated genera Acidithiobacillus gen. nov., Halothiobacillus gen. nov. and Thermithiobacillus gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 511-516.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Halothiobacillus Kelly and Wood 2000 emend. Sievert et al. 2000.
Type species: ¤ Halothiobacillus neapolitanus (Parker 1957) Kelly and Wood 2000.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Halothiobacillus, salt-loving sulfur rodlet.
Reference: SIEVERT (S.M.), HEIDORN (T.) and KUEVER (J.): Halothiobacillus kellyi sp. nov., a mesophilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a shallow-water hydrothermal vent in the Aegean Sea, and emended description of the genus Halothiobacillus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1229-1237.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Halothiobacillus halophilus (Wood and Kelly 1995) Kelly and Wood 2000, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 49870 = DSM 6132.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: U58020.
Basonym: ¤ Thiobacillus halophilus Wood and Kelly 1995.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; N.L. masc. adj. philus (from Gr. masc. adj. philos), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving.
Reference: KELLY (D.P.) and WOOD (A.P.): Reclassification of some species of Thiobacillus to the newly designated genera Acidithiobacillus gen. nov., Halothiobacillus gen. nov. and Thermithiobacillus gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 511-516.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Halothiobacillus hydrothermalis (Durand et al. 1997) Kelly and Wood 2000, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain R3 = ATCC 51453 = DSM 7121.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: M90662.
Basonym: ¤ Thiobacillus hydrothermalis Durand et al. 1997.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. hydrothermalis, hydrothermal, pertaining to a hydrothermal vent in the North Fiji basin.
Reference: KELLY (D.P.) and WOOD (A.P.): Reclassification of some species of Thiobacillus to the newly designated genera Acidithiobacillus gen. nov., Halothiobacillus gen. nov. and Thermithiobacillus gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 511-516.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Halothiobacillus kellyi Sievert et al. 2000, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Milos-BII1 = DSM 13162.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF170419.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. kellyi, of Kelly; named after Donovan P. Kelly, a British microbiologist who has made important contributions to research on sulfur-oxidizing bacteria and their physiology.
Reference: SIEVERT (S.M.), HEIDORN (T.) and KUEVER (J.): Halothiobacillus kellyi sp. nov., a mesophilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a shallow-water hydrothermal vent in the Aegean Sea, and emended description of the genus Halothiobacillus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1229-1237.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Halothiobacillus neapolitanus (Parker 1957) Kelly and Wood 2000, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Parker strain X = CIP 104769 = DSM 15147 = NCIMB 8539.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: JF416645.
Basonym: ¤ Thiobacillus neapolitanus Parker 1957 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonym: "Thiobacillus X" Parker and Prisk 1953.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. neapolitanus, Neapolitan; pertaining to the seawater at Naples from which this species was probably first isolated by Nathansohn in 1902.
Reference: KELLY (D.P.) and WOOD (A.P.): Reclassification of some species of Thiobacillus to the newly designated genera Acidithiobacillus gen. nov., Halothiobacillus gen. nov. and Thermithiobacillus gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 511-516.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: In the paper by Kelly and Wood 2000, the type strain is erroneously cited as DSM 581.
References:
1 KRACHT (M.): Personal communication (April 26, 2003).
2 Erratum in the IJSEM Online.