Sulfurivirga

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

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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").

Sulfurivirga Takai et al. 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Sulfurivirga caldicuralii Takai et al. 2006.
Etymology: L. n. sulfur, sulfur; L. fem. n. virga, rod; N.L. fem. n. Sulfurivirga, sulfur-oxidizing rod.
Reference: TAKAI (K.), MIYAZAKI (M.), NUNOURA (T.), HIRAYAMA (H.), OIDA (H.), FURUSHIMA (Y.), YAMAMOTO (H.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Sulfurivirga caldicuralii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel microaerobic, thermophilic, thiosulfate-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph, isolated from a shallow marine hydrothermal system occurring in a coral reef, Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1921-1929.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Sulfurivirga caldicuralii Takai et al. 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain MM1 = DSM 17737 = JCM 13439.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB245479.
Etymology: L. adj. caldus, hot; L. n. curalium, coral; N.L. gen. n. caldicuralii, of a hot coral, as the type strain was isolated from a shallow marine hydrothermal system associated with coral reef formation.
Reference: TAKAI (K.), MIYAZAKI (M.), NUNOURA (T.), HIRAYAMA (H.), OIDA (H.), FURUSHIMA (Y.), YAMAMOTO (H.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Sulfurivirga caldicuralii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel microaerobic, thermophilic, thiosulfate-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph, isolated from a shallow marine hydrothermal system occurring in a coral reef, Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1921-1929.
Original article in IJSEM Online