Kyrpidia
Kyrpidia is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped, thermophilic, spore-forming bacteria.

"Bacillus tusciae" was first described in 1984, and had been isolated from a geothermal area in Tuscany, Italy. It was placed within the genus "Bacillus" at that time. Further work on the organism led to the creation of a new genus, "Kyrpidia", in 2010. The genus was "named in honor of Nikolaos C. Kyrpides, a Greek-American genomics scientist, who co-initiated the Genomic Encyclopedia of "Archaea" and "Bacteria"." "K. tusciae" is the type species for the genus.

Both species of "Kyrpidia" have been isolated from areas of high volcanic activity in Tuscany and the Azores. The optimum temperature for growth for both members of the genus is approximately 55 °C.
Q857288
Gram-positive
Concept
Q2091405
rod-shaped
Concept
Q834023
thermophilic
Concept
Q1273
Tuscany
LOC
Q38
Italy
LOC
Q30348949
Nikolaos C. Kyrpides
PER
Q252730
type species
Concept
Q25263
Azores
LOC
Q18706539
Kyrpidia
MISC
Q18706539
Kyrpidia
MISC
Q18706539
Kyrpidia
MISC
1984-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1984
DATE
2010-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2010
DATE
+55^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
55
NUMBER
Gram staining
country