Herminiimonas

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Herminiimonas
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Oxalobacteraceae
Genus: Herminiimonas
Fernandes et al. 2005
Type species
Herminiimonas fonticola
Species

H. aquatilis
H. fonticola
H. glaciei
H. arsenicoxydans
H. saxobsidens

Herminiimonas is a genus of bacteria in the Oxalobacteraceae family. It contains Betaproteobacteria that have been isolated from spring and mineral waters. The type species, H. fonticola , was first recovered from the borehole of bottled mineral water in eastern Portugal. [1]

References

  1. Fernandes C, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, Pinhal I, Folhas F, da Costa MS (September 2005). "Herminiimonas fonticola gen. nov., sp. nov., a Betaproteobacterium isolated from a source of bottled mineral water". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 28 (7): 596–603. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2005.03.013. PMID   16156117.