Deinococcus indicus

Deinococcus indicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Deinococcus-Thermus
Order: Deinococcales
Genus: Deinococcus
Species: D. indicus
Suresh et al. 2004
Binomial name
Deinococcus indicus

Deinococcus indicus is a species of arsenic-resistant bacterium. It is Gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-motile, non-sporulating and red-pigmented, with type strain Wt/1aT (=MTCC 4913T =DSM 15307T).[1]

References

  1. Suresh, K. (2004). "Deinococcus indicus sp. nov., an arsenic-resistant bacterium from an aquifer in West Bengal, India". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (2): 457–461. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02758-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 15023960.

Further reading

  • Martin Dworkin; Stanley Falkow (8 November 2006). The Prokaryotes: Vol. 7: Proteobacteria: Delta and Epsilon Subclasses. Deeply Rooting Bacteria. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 798–. ISBN 978-0-387-25497-5.
  • Paul Vos; George Garrity; Dorothy Jones; Noel R. Krieg; Wolfgang Ludwig; Fred A. Rainey; Karl-Heinz Schleifer; William B. Whitman (28 January 2011). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume 3: The Firmicutes. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 1333–. ISBN 978-0-387-68489-5.


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