Genus Hydrogenivirga
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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
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
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