Alkaliphilus transvaalensis

Alkaliphilus transvaalensis is an extremely alkaliphilic bacterium. Its cells are straight to slightly curved rods, motile by flagella and form endospores. Its type strain is SAGM1T (= JCM 10712T = ATCC 700919T).[1]

Alkaliphilus transvaalensis
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A. transvaalensis

Takai et al. 2001
Binomial name
Alkaliphilus transvaalensis

References

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  1. ^ Takai K, Moser DP, Onstott TC, Spoelstra N, Pfiffner SM, Dohnalkova A, et al. (2001). "Alkaliphilus transvaalensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a deep South African gold mine". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 51 (Pt 4): 1245–56. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-4-1245. PMID 11491320.

Further reading

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  • Kobayashi, Tohru; Lu, Jie; Li, Zhijun; Hung, Vo Si; Kurata, Atsushi; Hatada, Yuji; Takai, Ken; Ito, Susumu; Horikoshi, Koki (2007). "Extremely high alkaline protease from a deep-subsurface bacterium, Alkaliphilus transvaalensis". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 75 (1): 71–80. doi:10.1007/s00253-006-0800-0. ISSN 0175-7598. PMID 17216443. S2CID 28361003.
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