Name: Thermovirga lienii Dahle and Birkeland 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lie’ni.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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … LIE-ni-i, feminine

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

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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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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