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

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-30

  Switzer Blum, Jodi ^a   Burns Bindi, Allana ^a   Buzzelli, Joy ^b   Stolz, John F ^b   Oremland, Ronald S ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANION; ARSENIC; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; LAKE WATER; RNA 16S; SELENIUM;

ALKALINITY; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COCULTURE; FERMENTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SALINITY; UNITED STATES;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARSENIC; BACILLUS; CALIFORNIA; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; GLUCOSE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; LACTIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SELENIUM; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACILLUS ARSENICISELENATIS; BACILLUS SELENITIREDUCENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0006301126     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050673     Document Type: Article

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