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 Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Synergistota
Class: Synergistia
Order: Synergistales
Family: Synergistaceae
Genus: Thermovirga
Dahle and Birkeland 2006[1]
Type species
Thermovirga lienii
Dahle & Birkeland 2006
Species
  • T. lienii

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Thermovirga". LPSN.
  2. ^ "Thermovirga". www.uniprot.org.
  3. ^ Parker, Charles Thomas; Wigley, Sarah; Garrity, George M (16 April 2009). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomic Abstract for the genera". NamesforLife, LLC. doi:10.1601/tx.10182 (inactive 2024-04-17). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of April 2024 (link)
  4. ^ a b 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.