Thermovirga Explained

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]} Thermovirga lienii has been isolated from production water from an oil well from the North Sea in Norway.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of bacteria genera
• List of bacterial orders

Notes and References

1. Thermovirga . www.uniprot.org .
2. Parker . Charles Thomas . Wigley . Sarah . Garrity . George M . George M . Garrity . Charles Thomas . Parker . Taxonomic Abstract for the genera. . 16 April 2009 . 10.1601/tx.10182 . NamesforLife, LLC . en.
3. Dahle . H . Birkeland . NK . 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 . July 2006 . 56 . Pt 7 . 1539–45 . 10.1099/ijs.0.63894-0 . 16825627. free .
4. Details: DSM-17291 . www.dsmz.de .