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Genus Oceanivirga

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: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0

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


Oceanivirga Eisenberg et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Oceanivirga salmonicida Eisenberg et al. 2016.
Etymology: L. n. oceanus, the ocean; L. fem. n. virga, a slender branch, a rod; N.L. fem. n. Oceanivirga, rod shaped bacterium from sea water (ocean) animals.
Valid publication: EISENBERG, T., KÄMPFER, P., EWERS, C., SEMMLER, T., GLAESER, S. P., COLLINS, E., RUTTLEDGE, M. and PALMER, R. 2016. Oceanivirga salmonicida gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the Leptotrichiaceae isolated from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2429-2437.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Oceanivirga salmonicida Eisenberg et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AVG 2115=NCIMB 703044=SM 101867.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X83517.1.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: L. suff. -cida (from L. v. caedo, to cut or kill), murderer, killer; N.L. n. salmonicida, salmon-killer.
Source: Veterinary.
Valid publication: EISENBERG, T., KÄMPFER, P., EWERS, C., SEMMLER, T., GLAESER, S. P., COLLINS, E., RUTTLEDGE, M. and PALMER, R. 2016. Oceanivirga salmonicida gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the Leptotrichiaceae isolated from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2429-2437.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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