- Chrysiogenes
Taxobox
name = Chrysiogenetes
regnum =Bacteria
divisio = Chrysiogenetes
divisio_authority = Garrity & Holt, 2002
ordo = Chrysiogenales
ordo_authority = Garrity & Holt, 2002
familia = Chrysiogenaceae
familia_authority = Garrity & Holt, 2002
genus = "Chrysiogenes"
genus_authority = Macy et al., 1996
species = "C. arsenatis"
binomial = "Chrysiogenes arsenatis"
binomial_authority = Macy et al., 1996"Chrysiogenes arsenatis" is a species of
bacterium given its own phylum, called the Chrysiogenetes. It has a unique lifestyle andbiochemistry . Instead of respiring with oxygen it respires with the most oxidized form of arsenic, arsenate. It uses acetate as its electron donor. Arsenic is usually toxic to life. Bacteria like "Chrysiogenes arsenatis" are found in anoxic arsenic-contaminated environments.
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