Thiomonas arsenitoxydans

Thiomonas arsenitoxydans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Comamonadaceae
Genus: Thiomonas
Species: T. arsenitoxydans
Binomial name
Thiomonas arsenitoxydans
Slyemi et al. 2011[1]
Type strain
CIP 110005, DSM 22701[2]

Thiomonas arsenitoxydans is a Gram-negative, moderately acidophilic, nonspore-forming, rod-shaped, motile bacterium from the genus Thiomonas, which has the ability to use arsenite as an energy source by oxidizing it.[3][4][5]

References

  1. http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/t/thiomonas.html
  2. http://www.straininfo.net/strains/866526
  3. http://eztaxon-e.ezbiocloud.net/ezt_hierarchy?m=nomen_view&nid=Thiomonas+arsenitoxydans
  4. "Characteristics of a phylogenetically ambiguous, arsenic-oxidizing Thiomonas sp., Thiomonas arsenitoxydans strain 3As(T) sp. nov.". Arch Microbiol 193 (6): 439–49. Jun 2011. doi:10.1007/s00203-011-0684-y. PMID 21409355.
  5. http://lib.bioinfo.pl/paper:16341463
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