Bacillus azotoformans

Bacillus azotoformans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Caryophanales
Family: Bacillaceae
Genus: Bacillus
Species:
B. azotoformans
Binomial name
Bacillus azotoformans
Pichinoty et al. 1983[1]

Bacillus azotoformans is a species of bacteria within the genus Bacillus. Novel nitrite reductases have been isolated from strains of this species.[2][3]

This species has been recently transferred into the genus Schinkia.[4] The correct nomenclature is Schinkia azotoformans.

References

  1. ^ Pichinoty, F.; De Barjac, H.; Mandel, M.; Asselineau, J. (1 July 1983). "Description of Bacillus azotoformans sp. nov.". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 33 (3): 660–662. doi:10.1099/00207713-33-3-660.
  2. ^ Suharti; Strampraad, MJ; Schröder, I; de Vries, S (Feb 27, 2001). "A novel copper A containing menaquinol NO reductase from Bacillus azotoformans". Biochemistry. 40 (8): 2632–9. doi:10.1021/bi0020067. PMID 11327887.
  3. ^ Coyne, MS; Arunakumari, A; Averill, BA; Tiedje, JM (Nov 1989). "Immunological identification and distribution of dissimilatory heme cd1 and nonheme copper nitrite reductases in denitrifying bacteria". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 55 (11): 2924–31. doi:10.1128/AEM.55.11.2924-2931.1989. PMC 203192. PMID 2624465.
  4. ^ Gupta, Radhey S.; Patel, Sudip; Saini, Navneet; Chen, Shu (2020-11-01). "Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5753–5798. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004475. ISSN 1466-5026.


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