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Thiomonas arsenitoxydans

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Kingdom
  
Bacteria

Family
  
Comamonadaceae

Genus
  
Thiomonas

Order
  
Burkholderiales

Class
  
Betaproteobacteria

Phylum
  
Proteobacteria

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Herminiimonas, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, Acidithiobacillus, Betaproteobacteria

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.

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Thiomonas arsenitoxydans Wikipedia