Halothiobacillus
Halothiobacillus is a genus in the "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". Environmental importance. "Halothiobacillus" spp. and other chemolithoautotrophic organisms play an important role in global carbon and sulfur cycles. They are able to depend entirely on inorganic compounds (CO and reduced sulfur) for their carbon and energy needs, but can assimilate some Krebs cycle intermediates during autotrophic growth.