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.
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This species has been recently transferred into the genus Salisediminibacterium.[2] The correct nomenclature is Salisediminibacterium selenitireducens.
References
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 from Bacillus selenitireducensstrain MLS10". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 226 (1): 107–112. doi:10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00609-8. ISSN 0378-1097. PMID 13129615.
External links
- "Bacillus selenitireducens" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Type strain of Bacillus selenitireducens at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
