Microvirga

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

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (--->) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Number of species cited in this file: 5
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Microvirga Kanso and Patel 2003, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Microvirga subterranea Kanso and Patel 2003.
Etymology: Gr. adj. mikros, small; L. fem. n. virga, rod; N.L. fem. n. Microvirga, a small rod.
Reference: KANSO (S.) and PATEL (B.K.C.): Microvirga subterranea gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderate thermophile from a deep subsurface Australian thermal aquifer. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 401-406.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Microvirga Kanso and Patel 2003 emend. Zhang et al. 2009.
Type species: ¤ Microvirga subterranea Kanso and Patel 2003.
Etymology: Gr. adj. mikros, small; L. fem. n. virga, rod; N.L. fem. n. Microvirga, a small rod.
Reference: ZHANG (J.), SONG (F.), XIN (Y.H.), ZHANG (J.) and FANG (C.): Microvirga guangxiensis sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium from soil, and emended description of the genus Microvirga. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1997-2001.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Microvirga Kanso and Patel 2003 emend. Weon et al. 2010.
Type species: ¤ Microvirga subterranea Kanso and Patel 2003.
Etymology: Gr. adj. mikros, small; L. fem. n. virga, rod; N.L. fem. n. Microvirga, a small rod.
Reference: WEON (H.Y.), KWON (S.W.), SON (J.A.), JO (E.H.), KIM (S.J.), KIM (Y.S.), KIM (B.Y.) and KA (J.O.): Description of Microvirga aerophila sp. nov. and Microvirga aerilata sp. nov., isolated from air, reclassification of Balneimonas flocculans Takeda et al. 2004 as Microvirga flocculans comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Microvirga. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2596-2600.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: According to Weon et al. 2010, Microvirga Kanso and Patel 2003 is an earlier heterotypic synonyms of ¤ Balneimonas Takeda et al. 2004.
Reference: WEON (H.Y.), KWON (S.W.), SON (J.A.), JO (E.H.), KIM (S.J.), KIM (Y.S.), KIM (B.Y.) and KA (J.O.): Description of Microvirga aerophila sp. nov. and Microvirga aerilata sp. nov., isolated from air, reclassification of Balneimonas flocculans Takeda et al. 2004 as Microvirga flocculans comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Microvirga. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2596-2600.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Microvirga aerilata Weon et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 5420S-16 = KACC 12744 = NBRC 106137.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: GQ421849.
Etymology: L. n. aer, air; L. part. adj. latus -a -um, carried; N.L. fem. part. adj. aerilata, airborne.
Reference: WEON (H.Y.), KWON (S.W.), SON (J.A.), JO (E.H.), KIM (S.J.), KIM (Y.S.), KIM (B.Y.) and KA (J.O.): Description of Microvirga aerophila sp. nov. and Microvirga aerilata sp. nov., isolated from air, reclassification of Balneimonas flocculans Takeda et al. 2004 as Microvirga flocculans comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Microvirga. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2596-2600.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Microvirga aerophila Weon et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 5420S-12 = KACC 12743 = NBRC 106136.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: GQ421848.
Etymology: Gr. n. aer, air; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. aerophila, air-loving.
Reference: WEON (H.Y.), KWON (S.W.), SON (J.A.), JO (E.H.), KIM (S.J.), KIM (Y.S.), KIM (B.Y.) and KA (J.O.): Description of Microvirga aerophila sp. nov. and Microvirga aerilata sp. nov., isolated from air, reclassification of Balneimonas flocculans Takeda et al. 2004 as Microvirga flocculans comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Microvirga. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2596-2600.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Microvirga flocculans (Takeda et al. 2004) Weon et al. 2010, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain TFB = ATCC BAA-817 = IAM 15034 = JCM 11936 = KCTC 12101.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB098515.
Basonym: ¤ Balneimonas flocculans corrig. Takeda et al. 2004.
Etymology: N.L. fem. part. adj. flocculans, flocculating.
Reference: WEON (H.Y.), KWON (S.W.), SON (J.A.), JO (E.H.), KIM (S.J.), KIM (Y.S.), KIM (B.Y.) and KA (J.O.): Description of Microvirga aerophila sp. nov. and Microvirga aerilata sp. nov., isolated from air, reclassification of Balneimonas flocculans Takeda et al. 2004 as Microvirga flocculans comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Microvirga. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2596-2600.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Microvirga guangxiensis Zhang et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 25B = CGMCC 1.7666 = JCM 15710.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU727176.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. guangxiensis, referring to Guangxi Province, China, the source of the soil from which the species was first isolated.
Reference: ZHANG (J.), SONG (F.), XIN (Y.H.), ZHANG (J.) and FANG (C.): Microvirga guangxiensis sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium from soil, and emended description of the genus Microvirga. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1997-2001.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Microvirga subterranea Kanso and Patel 2003, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain FaiI4 = ATCC BAA-295 = DSM 14364.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FR733708.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. subterranea, underground, subterranean.
Reference: KANSO (S.) and PATEL (B.K.C.): Microvirga subterranea gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderate thermophile from a deep subsurface Australian thermal aquifer. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 401-406.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The strain ATCC BAA-29 was deposited as Corbulabacter subterraneus.