''Orenia metallireducens'' is a
halophilic and metal-reducing bacterium from the genus of ''
Orenia
''Orenia'' is a genus of bacteria from the family of Halobacteroidaceae. Orenia bacteria occurs in Saline water, saline environments.
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclat ...
'' which has been isolated from
groundwater
Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and Pore space in soil, soil pore spaces and in the fractures of stratum, rock formations. About 30 percent of all readily available fresh water in the world is groundwater. A unit ...
from the
Illinois Basin.
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References
Clostridia
Bacteria described in 2016
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