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]
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| Abyssivirga alkaniphila Schouw et al. 2016[1]
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| DSM 29592, JCM 30920, L81[2] | |
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Alkanivorax lokii[2] | |
References
edit- ^ a b Parte, A.C. "Abyssivirga". LPSN.
- ^ a b c "Abyssivirga alkaniphila". www.uniprot.org.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Details: DSM-29592". www.dsmz.de.
- ^ 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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