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Genus Hydrogenivirga

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, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, 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.
Valid publication: 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

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Hydrogenivirga caldilitoris Nakagawa et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB120294.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 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.
Valid publication: 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

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Hydrogenivirga okinawensis Nunoura et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LS12-2 = JCM 13302 = DSM 17378.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB235314.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. okinawensis, of Okinawa, a region of Japan.
Valid publication: 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

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