Thermovirga

Thermovirga is a Gram-negative, anaerobic and motile genus of bacteria from the family of Synergistaceae with one known species (Thermovirga lienii).[1][2][3][4] Thermovirga lienii has been isolated from production water from an oil well from the North Sea in Norway.[4][5]

Thermovirga
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Synergistetes
Class:
Synergistia
Order:
Synergistales
Family:
Synergistaceae
Genus:
Thermovirga

Dahle and Birkeland 2006[1]
Type species
Thermovirga lienii[1]
Species

T. lienii[1]

References
  1. "Thermovirga". www.bacterio.net.
  2. "Thermovirga". www.uniprot.org.
  3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Wigley, Sarah; Garrity, George M (16 April 2009). "Taxonomic Abstract for the genera". NamesforLife, LLC. doi:10.1601/tx.10182. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Dahle, H; Birkeland, NK (July 2006). "Thermovirga lienii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic, anaerobic, amino-acid-degrading bacterium isolated from a North Sea oil well". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (Pt 7): 1539–45. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63894-0. PMID 16825627.
  5. "Details: DSM-17291". www.dsmz.de.


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