Name: Hydrogenivirga okinawensis Nunoura et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ki.na.wen’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. okinawensis, of Okinawa, a region of Japan

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 17378; JCM 13302; LS12-2

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16S rRNA gene: AB235314 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nunoura T, Miyazaki M, Suzuki Y, Takai K, 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.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1273-1274.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Hydrogenivirga Nakagawa et al. 2004

Assigned by: Nunoura T, Miyazaki M, Suzuki Y, Takai K, 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.

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Record number: 776932