Oceanobacillus iheyensis

Oceanobacillus iheyensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Division: Firmicutes
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Bacillaceae
Genus: Oceanobacillus
Species: O. iheyensis
Binomial name
Oceanobacillus iheyensis
Lu et al. 2002

Oceanobacillus iheyensis is a bacterium, the type species of its genus. It is a deep-sea species, having been isolated from a depth of 1,050 metres (3,440 ft), and is extremely halotolerant and alkaliphilic. Its type strain is HTE831 (JCM 11309T, DSM 14371T).[1]

References

  1. Lu, Jie; Nogi, Yuichi; Takami, Hideto (2001). "Oceanobacillus iheyensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a deep-sea extremely halotolerant and alkaliphilic species isolated from a depth of 1050 m on the Iheya Ridge". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 205 (2): 291–297. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2001.tb10963.x. ISSN 0378-1097. PMID 11750818.

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