Anaerovirgula

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Anaerovirgula

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Anaerovirgula Pikuta et al. 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Anaerovirgula multivorans Pikuta et al. 2006.
Etymology: Gr. pref. an, not; Gr. n. aer aeros, air; L. fem. n. virgula, a small rod; N.L. fem. n. Anaerovirgula, an anaerobic small rod.
Reference: PIKUTA (E.V.), ITOH (T.), KRADER (P.), TANG (J.), WHITMAN (W.B.) and HOOVER (R.B.): Anaerovirgula multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel spore-forming, alkaliphilic anaerobe isolated from Owens Lake, California, USA. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2623-2629.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Anaerovirgula multivorans Pikuta et al. 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain SCA = ATCC BAA-1084 = DSM 17722 = JCM 12857.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB201750.
Etymology: L. adj. multus, many; L. part. adj. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. multivorans, devouring numerous kinds of substrates.
Reference: PIKUTA (E.V.), ITOH (T.), KRADER (P.), TANG (J.), WHITMAN (W.B.) and HOOVER (R.B.): Anaerovirgula multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel spore-forming, alkaliphilic anaerobe isolated from Owens Lake, California, USA. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2623-2629.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: In the paper by Pikuta et al. 2006, the type strain is cited as SCA^T (=ATCC BAA-1084^T=JCM 12857^T=DSM 17722^T=CIP 107910^T). However, the strain CIP 107910 is the type strain of ¤ Tindallia californiensis, not the type strain of Anaerovirgula multivorans.
References:
. DAWYNDT (P.): Personal communication (October 11, 2007).
. Centre de Ressources Biologiques de l'Institut Pasteur.