title: Reclassification of 'Thiobacillus prosperus' Huber and Stetter 1989 as Acidihalobacter prosperus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae.
abstract: Analysis of phylogenomic metrics of a recently released draft genome sequence of the halotolerant, acidophile 'Thiobacillus prosperus' DSM 5130 indicates that it is not a member of the genus Thiobacillus within the class Betaproteobacteria as originally proposed. Based on data from 16S rRNA gene phylogeny, and analyses of multiprotein phylogeny and average nucleotide identity (ANI), we show that it belongs to a new genus within the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae, for which we propose the name Acidihalobacter gen. nov. In accordance, it is proposed that 'Thiobacillus prosperus' DSM 5130 be named Acidihalobacter prosperus gen. nov., sp. nov. DSM 5130T ( = JCM 30709T) and that it becomes the type strain of the type species of this genus.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile.|Center for Bioinformatics and Genome Biology, Fundacion Ciencia & Vida, Santiago, Chile.|Laboratorio de Ecofisiología Microbiana, Fundacion Ciencia & Vida, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pablo Cárdenas
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile.|Laboratorio de Ecofisiología Microbiana, Fundacion Ciencia & Vida, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ortiz
authors.affiliation: Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, UK.
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Norris
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Watkin
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile.|Center for Bioinformatics and Genome Biology, Fundacion Ciencia & Vida, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Holmes
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D042001:Ectothiorhodospiraceae / Q000145:classification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013855:Thiobacillus / Q000145:classification*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S