Name: Marinitoga okinawensis Nunoura et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc./fem. adj. okinawensis, of Okinawa, a region of Japan

Type strains: DSM 17373; JCM 13303; TFS10-5

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16S rRNA gene accession number: AB262395

Valid publication: Nunoura T, Oida H, Miyazaki M, Suzuki Y, Takai K, Horikoshi K. Marinitoga okinawensis sp. nov., a novel thermophilic and anaerobic heterotroph isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal field, Southern Okinawa Trough. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:467-471.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Marinitoga Wery et al. 2001

Assigned by: Nunoura T, Oida H, Miyazaki M, Suzuki Y, Takai K, Horikoshi K. Marinitoga okinawensis sp. nov., a novel thermophilic and anaerobic heterotroph isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal field, Southern Okinawa Trough. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:467-471.

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