Biology:Bacillus arseniciselenatis

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Short description: Species of bacterium

Bacillus arseniciselenatis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
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

  1. 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. PMID 9871015. 

Further reading

  • Staley, James T., et al. Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. 3. Baltimore, MD: Williams and Wilkins. 1989. pp. 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. 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. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16836679 entry