Genus Thiovirga
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").
Thiovirga Ito et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thiovirga sulfuroxydans Ito et al. 2005.
Etymology: Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; L. fem. n. virga, rod; N.L. fem. n. Thiovirga, sulfur rod.
Valid publication: ITO (T.), SUGITA (K.), YUMOTO (I.), NODASAKA (Y.) and OKABE (S.): Thiovirga sulfuroxydans gen. nov., sp. nov., a chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a microaerobic waste-water biofilm. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1059-1064.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Thiovirga sulfuroxydans Ito et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SO07 = ATCC BAA-1033 = JCM 12417.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB118236.
Etymology: L. n. sulfur, sulfur; N.L. part. adj. oxydans, oxidizing; N.L. part. adj. sulfuroxydans, sulfur-oxidizing.
Valid publication: ITO (T.), SUGITA (K.), YUMOTO (I.), NODASAKA (Y.) and OKABE (S.): Thiovirga sulfuroxydans gen. nov., sp. nov., a chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a microaerobic waste-water biofilm. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1059-1064.
Original article in IJSEM Online