Spongiivirga is a Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family of Flavobacteriaceae with one known species (Spongiivirga citrea).[1][2][3] Spongiivirga citrea has been isolated from the marine sponge Tethya sp.. [3]

Spongiivirga
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Spongiivirga

Yoon et al. 2015[1]
Type species
Spongiivirga citrea[1]
Species

S. citrea[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Genus: Spongiivirga". LPSN.DSMZ.de.
  2. ^ "Spongiivirga". www.uniprot.org.
  3. ^ a b Yoon, Jaewoo; Adachi, Kyoko; Kasai, Hiroaki; Lee, Myung-Ki (January 2015). "Spongiivirga citrea gen. nov., sp. nov., a New Marine Bacterium of the Family Flavobacteriaceae Isolated from a Marine Sponge". Current Microbiology. 70 (1): 51–57. doi:10.1007/s00284-014-0682-9. PMID 25151138. S2CID 11726091.