Genus Sulfurivirga
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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").
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.
Valid publication: 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 Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MM1 = DSM 17737 = JCM 13439.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for 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.
Valid publication: 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