Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.28580

Name

Abyssivirga Schouw et al. 2016

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010

Members

species	Abyssivirga alkaniphila Schouw et al. 2016

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Firmicutes (sic) Gibbons and Murray 2021
class Clostridia Rainey 2010
order Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Tindall 2019
family Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010
genus Abyssivirga Schouw et al. 2016

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the genus Abyssivirga Schouw et al. 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.28580.

Source File

10.1601/tx.28580.xml


This information was last reviewed on January 17, 2017.

References

Schouw A, Eide TL, Stokke R, Pedersen RB, Steen IH, Bødtker G. 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. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1724-1734. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.000934 [PubMed].