Herminiimonas arsenicoxydans

Herminiimonas arsenicoxydans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Beta Proteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Oxalobacteraceae
Genus: Herminiimonas
Species: H. arsenicoxydans
Binomial name
Herminiimonas arsenicoxydans
Muller et al., 2006

Herminiimonas arsenicoxydans is a species of ultramicrobacteria. First reported in 2006, it was isolated from industrial sludge and is able to oxidise the toxic chemical element arsenic.[1]

References

  1. Muller D, Simeonova DD, Riegel P, Mangenot S, Koechler S, Lièvremont D, Bertin PN, Lett MC (August 2006). "Herminiimonas arsenicoxydans sp. nov., a metalloresistant bacterium". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (Pt 8): 1765–9. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64308-0. PMID 16902005.

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