HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) Supplementary Figures Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via CrossRef Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Dahle, H. Articles by Birkeland, N.-K. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Dahle, H. Articles by Birkeland, N.-K. Agricola Articles by Dahle, H. Articles by Birkeland, N.-K.

Thermovirga lienii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic, anaerobic, amino-acid-degrading bacterium isolated from a North Sea oil well

Department of Biology, University of Bergen, PO Box 7800, N-5020 Bergen, Norway

Correspondence
Nils-Kåre Birkeland
nils.birkeland{at}bio.uib.no

A novel anaerobic, moderately thermophilic bacterium, strain Cas60314^T, was isolated from hot oil-well production water obtained from an oil reservoir in the North Sea. The cells were Gram-negative, motile, straight rods. The salinity and pH growth optima were 2.0–3.0 % NaCl and 6.5–7.0, respectively. The optimum temperature was 58 °C. Strain Cas60314^T had a fermentative type of metabolism and utilized proteinous substrates, some single amino acids and a limited number of organic acids, but not sugars, fatty acids or alcohols. Cystine and elemental sulfur were reduced to sulfide. The G+C content of the DNA was 46.6 mol%. On the basis of phenotypic and phylogenetic features, it is proposed that this isolate represents a novel genus and species with the name Thermovirga lienii gen. nov., sp. nov. within the family Syntrophomonadaceae. The proposed type strain is strain Cas60314^T (=DSM 17291^T=ATTC BAA-1197^T).

The morphology and growth temperature profile of Thermovirga lienii gen. nov., sp. nov. are shown in supplementary figures available in IJSEM Online.

This article has been cited by other articles:

				A. Gittel, K. B. Sorensen, T. L. Skovhus, K. Ingvorsen, and A. Schramm Prokaryotic Community Structure and Sulfate Reducer Activity in Water from High-Temperature Oil Reservoirs with and without Nitrate Treatment Appl. Envir. Microbiol., November 15, 2009; 75(22): 7086 - 7096. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				E. Jumas-Bilak, L. Roudiere, and H. Marchandin Description of 'Synergistetes' phyl. nov. and emended description of the phylum 'Deferribacteres' and of the family Syntrophomonadaceae, phylum 'Firmicutes' Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, May 1, 2009; 59(5): 1028 - 1035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A. Ganesan, S. Chaussonnerie, A. Tarrade, C. Dauga, T. Bouchez, E. Pelletier, D. Le Paslier, and A. Sghir Cloacibacillus evryensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel asaccharolytic, mesophilic, amino-acid-degrading bacterium within the phylum 'Synergistetes', isolated from an anaerobic sludge digester Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, September 1, 2008; 58(9): 2003 - 2012. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]