Herminiimonas arsenicoxydans

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]

Herminiimonas arsenicoxydans
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
H. arsenicoxydans
Binomial name
Herminiimonas arsenicoxydans
Muller et al., 2006

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.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.