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Genus Varunaivibrio

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").


Varunaivibrio Patwardhan et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Varunaivibrio sulfuroxidans Patwardhan et al. 2016.
Etymology: Varuna the God of water and the celestial ocean surrounding the world in Hindu mythology; L. v. vibrare, to vibrate; N.L. masc. n. vibrio, that vibrates and also a genus name of bacteria possessing a curved rod shape (Vibrio); N.L. masc. n. Varunaivibrio, a curved rod that inhabits the ocean.
Valid publication: PATWARDHAN, S. and VETRIANI, C. 2016. Varunaivibrio sulfuroxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively chemolithoautotrophic, mesophilic alphaproteobacterium from a shallow-water gas vent at Tor Caldara, Tyrrhenian Sea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3579-3584.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Varunaivibrio sulfuroxidans Patwardhan et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TC8=DSM 101688=JCM 31027.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU294728.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. n. sulfur, sulfur; N.L. part. adj. oxidans, oxidizing; N.L. part. adj. sulfuroxidans, pertaining to the ability to oxidize sulfur.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: PATWARDHAN, S. and VETRIANI, C. 2016. Varunaivibrio sulfuroxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively chemolithoautotrophic, mesophilic alphaproteobacterium from a shallow-water gas vent at Tor Caldara, Tyrrhenian Sea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3579-3584.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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