Genus Guyparkeria
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Guyparkeria Boden 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Guyparkeria halophila Boden 2017.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Guyparkeria, named to honour Mr Cecil David ‘Guy’ Parker (1912–1981), Australian microbiologist who made significant advances in the understanding of sulfur oxidation, concrete corrosion and the taxonomy of the sulfur bacteria.
Valid publication: BODEN, R. 2017. 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. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 3919-3928.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Guyparkeria halophila Boden 2017, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 204=DSM 6132=ATCC 49870.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: U58020.
Basonym: ¤ Halothiobacillus halophilus Kelly and Wood 2000.
Etymology: Gr. masc. n. hals, halos, salt; N.L. fem. adj. phila, from Gr. adj. philos, friend, someone dearly loved; N.L. fem. adj. halophila, salt-loving.
Source: Environmental - saline lake.
Valid publication: BODEN, R. 2017. 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. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 3919-3928.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Guyparkeria hydrothermalis Boden et al. 2017, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) R3=DSM 7121=ATCC 51453.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: M90662.
Basonym: ¤ Halothiobacillus hydrothermalis Durand et al. 1997; Kelly and Wood 2000.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. hydrothermalis, hydrothermal, pertaining to a hydrothermal vent.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: BODEN, R. 2017. 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. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 3919-3928.
Original article in IJSEM Online