Name: Thermovirga lienii Dahle and Birkeland 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.en.i’i. N.L. gen. masc. n. lienii, named in honour of the Norwegian microbiologist Professor Torleiv Lien, for his important contribution in the study of anaerobes from petroleum reservoirs

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1197; Cas60314; DSM 17291

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ071273 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dahle H, Birkeland NK. Thermovirga lienii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic, anaerobic, amino-acid-degrading bacterium isolated from a North Sea oil well. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1539-1545.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2251-2252.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thermovirga Dahle and Birkeland 2006. Publication: Dahle H, Birkeland NK. Thermovirga lienii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic, anaerobic, amino-acid-degrading bacterium isolated from a North Sea oil well. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1539-1545.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Goker M, Saunders E, Lapidus A, Nolan M, Lucas S, Hammon N, Deshpande S, Cheng JF, Han C, Tapia R, et al. Genome sequence of the moderately thermophilic, amino-acid-degrading and sulfur-reducing bacterium Thermovirga lienii type strain (Cas60314^T). Stand Genomic Sci 2012; 6:230-239.

Parent taxon: Thermovirga Dahle and Birkeland 2006

Assigned by: Dahle H, Birkeland NK. Thermovirga lienii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic, anaerobic, amino-acid-degrading bacterium isolated from a North Sea oil well. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1539-1545.

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Record number: 782657