Selenihalanaerobacter

Selenihalanaerobacter
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	"Halanaerobiia"
Order:	Halanaerobiales
Family:	Halobacteroidaceae
Genus:	Selenihalanaerobacter Switzer Blum et al. 2001[1]
Type species
Selenihalanaerobacter shriftii Switzer Blum et al. 2001
Species
S. shriftii
Synonyms
Selenohalobacter (sic)[2]

Selenihalanaerobacter is a Gram-negative, obligately anaerobic and halophilic genus of bacteria from the family of Halobacteroidaceae with one known species (Selenihalanaerobacter shriftii).[1][2][3][4] Selenihalanaerobacter shriftii has been isolated from the Dead Sea.[4] Selenihalanaerobacter shriftii grows by respiration of selenate.[4]

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

References

1. "Genus: Selenihalanaerobacter". LPSN.DSMZ.de.
2. "Selenihalanaerobacter". www.uniprot.org.
3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Wigley, Sarah; Garrity, George M. (2009). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomy of the genus Selenihalanaerobacter Switzer Blum et al. 2001". doi:10.1601/tx.4607. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
4. Switzer Blum, Jodi; Stolz, John F.; Oren, Aharon; Oremland, Ronald S. (29 March 2001). "Selenihalanaerobacter shriftii gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic anaerobe from Dead Sea sediments that respires selenate". Archives of Microbiology. 175 (3): 208–219. Bibcode:2001ArMic.175..208S. doi:10.1007/s002030100257. PMID 11357513. S2CID 27847526.