Hydrogenivirga

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Hydrogenivirga Nakagawa et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Hydrogenivirga caldilitoris Nakagawa et al. 2004.
Etymology: N.L. n. hydrogenum (from Gr. n. hudôr, water; and Gr. v. gennaô, to produce), hydrogen (that which produces water, so called because it forms water when exposed to oxygen); L. fem. n. virga, a slender green branch, a twig, rod; N.L. fem. n. Hydrogenivirga, hydrogen rod.
Reference: NAKAGAWA (S.), NAKAMURA (S.), INAGAKI (F.), TAKAI (K.), SHIRAI (N.) and SAKO (Y.): Hydrogenivirga caldilitoris gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel extremely thermophilic, hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from a coastal hydrothermal field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 2079-2084.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Hydrogenivirga caldilitoris Nakagawa et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB120294.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain IBSK3 = ATCC BAA-821 = JCM 12173.
Etymology: L. adj. caldus, hot; L. n. litus -oris, beach; N.L. gen. n. caldilitoris, of a hot beach.
Reference: NAKAGAWA (S.), NAKAMURA (S.), INAGAKI (F.), TAKAI (K.), SHIRAI (N.) and SAKO (Y.): Hydrogenivirga caldilitoris gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel extremely thermophilic, hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from a coastal hydrothermal field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 2079-2084.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Hydrogenivirga okinawensis Nunoura et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain LS12-2 = JCM 13302 = DSM 17378.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB235314.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. okinawensis, of Okinawa, a region of Japan.
Reference: NUNOURA (T.), MIYAZAKI (M.), SUZUKI (Y.), TAKAI (K.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Hydrogenivirga okinawensis sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal field, Southern Okinawa Trough. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 676-681.
Original article in IJSEM Online