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

^ 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. Archived from the original on 2013-04-15.

External links

Type strain of Herminiimonas arsenicoxydans at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

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[pmid16902005-1] 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. Archived from the original on 2013-04-15.

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