Abyssivirga

Abyssivirga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Clostridia
Order: Eubacteriales
Family: Vallitaleaceae
Genus: Abyssivirga
Schouw et al. 2016
Species:
A. alkaniphila
Binomial name
Abyssivirga alkaniphila
Schouw et al. 2016
Type strain
DSM 29592, JCM 30920, L81
Synonyms

Alkanivorax lokii

Abyssivirga is a bacterial genus from the family Vallitaleaceae with one known species, Abyssivirga alkaniphila.

Abyssivirga alkaniphila is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, strictly anaerobic, mesophilic, syntrophic, alkane-degrading and motile bacterium which has been isolated from biofilm from a black smoker chimney from the Loki's Castle vent field near Norway.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Parte, A.C. "Abyssivirga". LPSN.
  2. 1 2 3 "Abyssivirga alkaniphila". www.uniprot.org.
  3. ↑ "Abyssivirga". Www.uniprot.org.
  4. ↑ Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (2016). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Nomenclature Abstract for Abyssivirga Schouw et al. 2016". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.28580.
  5. ↑ Stokke, Runar; Schouw, Anders; Pedersen, Rolf Birger; Steen, Ida Helene; Leiknes Eide, Tove; Bødtker, Gunhild (1 April 2016). "Abyssivirga alkaniphila gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkane-degrading, anaerobic bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent system, and emended descriptions of Natranaerovirga pectinivora and Natranaerovirga hydrolytica". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66 (4): 1724–1734. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.000934. PMID 26822139.
  6. ↑ Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (2016). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Nomenclature Abstract for Abyssivirga alkaniphila Schouw et al. 2016". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.28315.
  7. ↑ "Details: DSM-29592". www.dsmz.de.
  8. ↑ Stokke, Runar; Schouw, Anders; Pedersen, Rolf Birger; Steen, Ida Helene; Leiknes Eide, Tove; Bødtker, Gunhild (1 April 2016). "Abyssivirga alkaniphila gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkane-degrading, anaerobic bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent system, and emended descriptions of Natranaerovirga pectinivora and Natranaerovirga hydrolytica". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66 (4): 1724–1734. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.000934. PMID 26822139.