Bacillus arseniciselenatis is a bacterium first isolated from Mono Lake, California. It is notable for respiring oxyanions of selenium and arsenic. It is spore-forming, rod-shaped and alkaliphile, its type strain being E1H. It is a strict anaerobe.

Further reading

  • Staley, James T., et al. Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. Vol.3. Baltimore, MD: Williams and Wilkins. 1989. pp.2250–2251.
  • Ljungdahl, Lars G. (2003). Biochemistry and physiology of anaerobic bacteria. Berlin: Springer. ISBN0-387-95592-5.
  • Berkeley, Roger et al (eds) Applications and systematics of bacillus and relatives. Wiley. 2008.
  • Zavarzina, D.G.; Tourova, T.P.; Kolganova, T.V.; Boulygina, E.S.; Zhiliana, T.N. (December 2009). "Description of Anaerobacillus alkalilacustre gen. nov., sp nov.-Strictly anaerobic diazotrophic bacillus isolated from soda lake and transfer of Bacillus arseniciselenatis, Bacillus macyae, and Bacillus alkalidiazotrophicus to Anaerobacillus as the new combinations A. arseniciselenatis comb. nov., A. macyae comb. nov., and A. alkalidiazotrophicus comb. nov". Microbiology. 78 (6): 723–731. doi:. S2CID.

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