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Bacillus arsenicoselenatis, sp. nov., and Bacillus selenitireducens, sp. nov.: two haloalkaliphiles from Mono Lake, California that respire oxyanions of selenium and arsenic

Overview of attention for article published in Archives of Microbiology, December 1998
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Title
Bacillus arsenicoselenatis, sp. nov., and Bacillus selenitireducens, sp. nov.: two haloalkaliphiles from Mono Lake, California that respire oxyanions of selenium and arsenic
Published in
Archives of Microbiology, December 1998
DOI 10.1007/s002030050673
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Authors

Jodi Switzer Blum, A. Burns Bindi, J. Buzzelli, John F. Stolz, R. S. Oremland

Abstract

Two gram-positive anaerobic bacteria (strains E1H and MLS10) were isolated from the anoxic muds of Mono Lake, California, an alkaline, hypersaline, arsenic-rich water body. Both grew by dissimilatory reduction of As(V) to As(III) with the concomitant oxidation of lactate to acetate plus CO2. Bacillus arsenicoselenatis (strain E1H) is a spore-forming rod that also grew by dissimilatory reduction of Se(VI) to Se(IV). Bacillus selenitireducens (strain MLS10) is a short, non-spore-forming rod that grew by dissimilatory reduction of Se(IV) to Se(0). When the two isolates were cocultured, a complete reduction of Se(VI) to Se(0) was achieved. Both isolates are alkaliphiles and had optimal specific growth rates in the pH range of 8.5-10. Strain E1H had a salinity optimum at 60 g l-1 NaCl, while strain MLS10 had optimal growth at lower salinities (24-60 g l-1 NaCl). Both strains have limited abilities to grow with electron donors and acceptors other than those given above. Strain MLS10 demonstrated weak growth as a microaerophile and was also capable of fermentative growth on glucose, while strain E1H is a strict anaerobe. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis placed the two isolates with other Bacillus spp. in the low G+C gram-positive group of bacteria.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 4 2%
Canada 1 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
Unknown 175 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 44 24%
Researcher 34 19%
Student > Master 28 15%
Professor > Associate Professor 11 6%
Student > Bachelor 10 6%
Other 28 15%
Unknown 26 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 49 27%
Environmental Science 27 15%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 17 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 16 9%
Engineering 8 4%
Other 27 15%
Unknown 37 20%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 April 2021.
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#5,446,629
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Outputs from Archives of Microbiology
#259
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#10,252
of 109,574 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Archives of Microbiology
#6
of 11 outputs
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