I don't think pep8 says anything about the contents of strings though, right? The above is also not valid JSON as the parens are retained:

```python
>>> s = """"g__Halanaerobium",
...                                                  ("s__Halanaerobiumsa"
...                                                   "ccharolyticum")]"""
>>> print s
"g__Halanaerobium",
                                                 ("s__Halanaerobiumsa"
                                                  "ccharolyticum")]
```

...but, cleaning up the format on this in just a second to make it easier to read