title: Abyssivirga alkaniphila
text: # 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.
  
  