Herminiimonas

Herminiimonas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Beta Proteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Oxalobacteraceae
Genus: Herminiimonas
Fernandes et al. 2005
Type species
Herminiimonas fonticola
Species

H. aquatilis
H. fonticola
H. glaciei
H. arsenicoxydans
H. saxobsidens

Herminiimonas is a genus of bacteria in the Oxalobacteraceae family. It contains Beta Proteobacteria that have been isolated from spring and mineral waters. The type species, H. fonticola, was first recovered from the borehole of bottled mineral water in Eastern Portugal.[1]

References

  1. Fernandes C, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, Pinhal I, Folhas F, da Costa MS (September 2005). "Herminiimonas fonticola gen. nov., sp. nov., a Betaproteobacterium isolated from a source of bottled mineral water". Systematic and Applied Microbiology 28 (7): 596–603. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2005.03.013. PMID 16156117.