Kingdom Bacteria Class Bacilli Family Bacillaceae Rank Species | Phylum Firmicutes Order Bacillales Genus Bacillus | |
Similar Bacillus odysseyi, Bacillus weihenstephanensis, Bacillus infernus | ||
Bacillus selenitireducens 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 MLS10.
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