''Sulfurospirillum arsenophilum'' is a bacterium.
It is notable for metabolising
arsenic
Arsenic is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol As and atomic number 33. It is a metalloid and one of the pnictogens, and therefore shares many properties with its group 15 neighbors phosphorus and antimony. Arsenic is not ...
, hence its name.
References
Further reading
*Afkar, E., 2012. Localization of the dissimilatory arsenate reductase in Sulfurospirillum Barnesi strain SeS-3. Am. J. Agric. Biol. Sci., 7: 97–105.
*Whitman, William B., et al., eds. Bergey's manual® of systematic bacteriology. Vol. 5. Springer, 2012.
External links
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LPSNType strain of ''Sulfurospirillum arsenophilum'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Campylobacterota
Bacteria described in 1999
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