Alkalilimnicola ehrlichii
| Alkalilimnicola ehrlichii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | "Proteobacteria" |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Chromatiales |
| Family: | Ectothiorhodospiraceae |
| Genus: | Alkalilimnicola |
| Species: | A. ehrlichii |
| Binomial name | |
| Alkalilimnicola ehrlichii Hoeft et al. 2007 | |
Alkalilimnicola ehrlichii is a species of arsenite-oxidizing haloalkaliphilic gammaproteobacterium capable of chemoautotrophic or heterotrophic growth. It is Gram-negative, motile and short-rod-shaped. The type strain is MLHE-1T (=DSM 17681T =ATCC BAA-1101T).[1]
References
- ↑ Hoeft, S. E.; Blum, J. S.; Stolz, J. F.; Tabita, F. R.; Witte, B.; King, G. M.; Santini, J. M.; Oremland, R. S. (2007). "Alkalilimnicola ehrlichii sp. nov., a novel, arsenite-oxidizing haloalkaliphilic gammaproteobacterium capable of chemoautotrophic or heterotrophic growth with nitrate or oxygen as the electron acceptor". INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY 57 (3): 504–512. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64576-0. ISSN 1466-5026.
Further reading
- Zargar, K.; Hoeft, S.; Oremland, R.; Saltikov, C. W. (2010). "Identification of a Novel Arsenite Oxidase Gene, arxA, in the Haloalkaliphilic, Arsenite-Oxidizing Bacterium Alkalilimnicola ehrlichii Strain MLHE-1". Journal of Bacteriology 192 (14): 3755–3762. doi:10.1128/JB.00244-10. ISSN 0021-9193.
- Richey, Christine; Chovanec, Peter; Hoeft, Shelley E.; Oremland, Ronald S.; Basu, Partha; Stolz, John F. (2009). "Respiratory arsenate reductase as a bidirectional enzyme". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 382 (2): 298–302. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.03.045. ISSN 0006-291X.