Bacillus selenitireducens
| Bacillus selenitireducens | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Firmicutes |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Bacillales |
| Family: | Bacillaceae |
| Genus: | Bacillus |
| Species: | B. selenitireducens |
| Binomial name | |
| Bacillus selenitireducens Blum et al., 1998 | |
Bacillus selenitireducens 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 MLS10.
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.
- Afkar, Eman; Lisak, Joy; Saltikov, Chad; Basu, Partha; Oremland, Ronald S.; Stolz, John F. (2003). "The respiratory arsenate reductase fromBacillus selenitireducensstrain MLS10". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 226 (1): 107–112. doi:10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00609-8. ISSN 0378-1097.
External links
- Bacillus selenitireducens at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Type strain of Bacillus selenitireducens at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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