Bacillus arsenicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Firmicutes |
Class: | Bacilli |
Order: | Bacillales |
Family: | Bacillaceae |
Genus: | Bacillus |
Species: | B. arsenicus |
Binomial name | |
Bacillus arsenicus Shivaji et al., 2005 |
Bacillus arsenicus, also known as Fictibacillus arsenicus, is a bacterium. It is Gram-positive, motile, endospore-forming, rod-shaped and arsenic-resistant. Its type strain is Con a/3T (=MTCC 4380T=DSM 15822T=JCM 12167T).