Halothiobacillus
Sign in to saveHalothiobacillus is a genus in the class Gammaproteobacteria. Both species are obligate aerobic bacteria; they require oxygen to grow. They are also halotolerant; they live in environments with high concentrations of salt or other solutes, but don't require them in order to grow.
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- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumProteobacteria
- ClassGammaproteobacteria
- OrderHalothiobacillales
- FamilyHalothiobacillaceae
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135 papers- Halothiobacillus diazotrophicus sp. nov., a chemolithoautotrophic sulphur-oxidizing and nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from freshwater.International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology · 2023
- The Potential Role of Halothiobacillus spp. in Sulfur Oxidation and Acid Generation in Circum-Neutral Mine Tailings Reservoirs.Frontiers in microbiology · 2019
- Reclassification of Halothiobacillus hydrothermalis and Halothiobacillus halophilus to Guyparkeria gen. nov. in the Thioalkalibacteraceae fam. nov., with emended descriptions of the genus Halothiobacillus and family Halothiobacillaceae.International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology · 2017
- Halothiobacillus neapolitanus carboxysomes sequester heterologous and chimeric RubisCO species.PloS one · 2008
- Halothiobacillus neapolitanus strain OSWA isolated from "The Old Sulphur Well" at Harrogate (Yorkshire, England).Systematic and applied microbiology · 2005
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Halothiobacillus is a genus in the class Gammaproteobacteria. Both species are obligate aerobic bacteria; they require oxygen to grow. They are also halotolerant; they live in environments with high concentrations of salt or other solutes, but don't require them in order to grow.
The type species of this genus, Halothiobacillus neapolitanus used to be members of the genus Thiobacillus, before they were reclassified in 2000. A further two former Thiobacillus spp. were also reclassified as Halothiobacillus halophilus and Halothiobacillus hydrothermalis, both of which were obligate halophiles rather than being halotolerant and showed comparatively low 16S rRNA gene identity to Halothiobacillus neapolitanus and so were reclassified to the newly designated genus Guyparkeria in 2017, as Guyparkeria halophila and Guyparkeria hydrothermalis.