Abyssivirga alkaniphila

Abyssivirga alkaniphila is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, strictly anaerobic, mesophilic, syntrophic, alkane-degrading and motile bacterium from the genus of Abyssivirga which has been isolated from biofilm from a black smoker chimney from the Loki's Castle vent field near Norway.[1][2][3][4][5]

Abyssivirga alkaniphila
Scientific classification
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Bacteria
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A. alkaniphila
Binomial name
Abyssivirga alkaniphila
Schouw et al. 2016[1]
Type strain
DSM 29592, JCM 30920, L81[2]
Synonyms

Alkanivorax lokii[2]

References

  1. Parte, A.C. "Abyssivirga". LPSN.
  2. "Abyssivirga alkaniphila". www.uniprot.org.
  3. 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.
  4. "Details: DSM-29592". www.dsmz.de.
  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.


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