Thauera selenatis is a gram-negative rod-shaped motile bacterium from the genus of Thauera with a single polar flagellum.[3][4] Thauera selenatis has the ability to generate energy by respiring anaerobically with the enzyme selenate reductase.[5]

Thauera selenatis
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T. selenatis
Binomial name
Thauera selenatis
Macy et al. 1993[1]
Type strain
ATCC 55363, AX, AX39[2]

References

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  1. ^ LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. ^ Straininfo of Thauera selenatis
  3. ^ Macy, JM; Rech, S; Auling, G; Dorsch, M; Stackebrandt, E; Sly, LI (January 1993). "Thauera selenatis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the beta subclass of Proteobacteria with a novel type of anaerobic respiration". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 43 (1): 135–42. doi:10.1099/00207713-43-1-135. PMID 8427805.
  4. ^ UniProt
  5. ^ Schröder, I; Rech, S; Krafft, T; Macy, JM (September 1997). "Purification and characterization of the selenate reductase from Thauera selenatis". J. Biol. Chem. 272 (38): 23765–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.38.23765. PMID 9295321.