Name: Thiobacillus halophilus Wood and Kelly 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo’phi.lus. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 204; ATCC 49870; DSM 6132; fl ATCC 49870

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: U58020 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Wood AP, Kelly DP. Isolation and characterisation of Thiobacillus halophilus sp. nov., a sulphur-oxidising autotrophic eubacterium from a Western Australian hypersaline lake. Arch. Microbiol. 1991; 156:277-280.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 53. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:418-419.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Guyparkeria halophila (Wood and Kelly 1995) Boden 2017

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halothiobacillus halophilus (Wood and Kelly 1995) Kelly and Wood 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Guyparkeria halophila (Wood and Kelly 1995) Boden 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Thiobacillus halophilus is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Thiobacillus.

Parent taxon: Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Wood AP, Kelly DP. Isolation and characterisation of Thiobacillus halophilus sp. nov., a sulphur-oxidising autotrophic eubacterium from a Western Australian hypersaline lake. Arch. Microbiol. 1991; 156:277-280.

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Record number: 782712