Bacillus arseniciselenatis
| Bacillus arseniciselenatis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Firmicutes |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Bacillales |
| Family: | Bacillaceae |
| Genus: | Bacillus |
| Species: | B. arseniciselenatis |
| Binomial name | |
| Bacillus arseniciselenatis Blum et al., 1998 | |
Bacillus arseniciselenatis is a bacterium first isolated from Mono Lake, California. It is notable for respiring oxyanions of selenium and arsenic.[1] It is spore-forming, rod-shaped and alkaliphile, its type strain being E1H. It is a strict anaerobe.
References
- ↑ Switzer Blum, Jodi; Burns Bindi, A.; Buzzelli, J.; Stolz, John F.; Oremland, R. S. (1998). "Bacillus arsenicoselenatis , sp. nov., and Bacillus selenitireducens , sp. nov.: two haloalkaliphiles from Mono Lake, California that respire oxyanions of selenium and arsenic". Archives of Microbiology. 171 (1): 19–30. doi:10.1007/s002030050673. ISSN 0302-8933.
Further reading
- Staley, James T., et al. "Bergey’s manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 3."Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD (1989): 2250-2251.
- Ljungdahl, Lars G. (2003). Biochemistry and physiology of anaerobic bacteria. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 0-387-95592-5.
- Berkeley, Roger, et al., eds. Applications and systematics of bacillus and relatives. Wiley. com, 2008.
- Zavarzina, D.G.; Tourova, T.P.; Kolganova, T.V.; Boulygina, E.S.; Zhiliana, T.N. (December 2009). "Description of Anaerobacillus alkalilacustre gen. nov., sp nov.-Strictly anaerobic diazotrophic bacillus isolated from soda lake and transfer of Bacillus arseniciselenatis, Bacillus macyae, and Bacillus alkalidiazotrophicus to Anaerobacillus as the new combinations A. arseniciselenatis comb. nov., A. macyae comb. nov., and A. alkalidiazotrophicus comb. nov.". Microbiology. 78 (6): 723–731. doi:10.1134/S0026261709060095.
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