Genus Desulfovirgula
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Desulfovirgula Kaksonen et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Desulfovirgula thermocuniculi Kaksonen et al. 2007.
Etymology: L. pref. de, from; L. n. sulfur, sulfur; L. fem. n. virgula, twig or rod; N.L. fem. n. Desulfovirgula, a rod that reduces sulfur compounds.
Valid publication: KAKSONEN (A.H.), SPRING (S.), SCHUMANN (P.), KROPPENSTEDT (R.M.) and PUHAKKA (J.A.): Desulfovirgula thermocuniculi gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfate-reducer isolated from a geothermal underground mine in Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 98-102.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Desulfovirgula thermocuniculi Kaksonen et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) RL80JIV = DSM 16036 = JCM 13928.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ208689.
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, hot; L. n. cuniculus, mine; N.L. gen. n. thermocuniculi, of a hot mine.
Valid publication: KAKSONEN (A.H.), SPRING (S.), SCHUMANN (P.), KROPPENSTEDT (R.M.) and PUHAKKA (J.A.): Desulfovirgula thermocuniculi gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfate-reducer isolated from a geothermal underground mine in Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 98-102.
Original article in IJSEM Online