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Preceptrol®
no
Type Strain
yes
(type strain)
Comments
Reduces arsenate to arsenite
Medium
ATCC® Medium 2139: Chrysiogenes arsenatis medium
Growth Conditions
Temperature: 28.0°C
Atmosphere: Anaerobic
Name of Depositor
JM Macy
Year of Origin
1993
References
Cayol JL, et al. Description of Thermoanaerobacter brockii subsp. lactiethylicus subsp. nov., isolated from a deep subsurface French oil well, a proposal to reclassify Thermoanaerobacter finnii as Thermoanaerobacter brockii subsp. finnii comb. nov., and an emended description of Thermoanaerobacter brockii. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 45: 783-789, 1995.
Macy JM, et al. Chrysiogenes arsenatis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new arsenate-respiring bacterium isolated from gold mine wastewater. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 46: 1153-1157, 1996. PubMed: 8863450