Bacillus selenitireducens is a bacterium first isolated from Mono Lake, California. It is notable for respiring oxyanions of selenium and arsenic.[1] It is spore-forming, rod-shaped and alkaliphile, its type strain being MLS10.
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Bacillus selenitireducens Blum et al., 1998
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This species has been recently transferred into the genus Salisediminibacterium.[2] The correct nomenclature is Salisediminibacterium selenitireducens.