''Bacillus azotoformans'' is a species of bacteria within the genus ''
Bacillus
''Bacillus'' (Latin "stick") is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria, a member of the phylum ''Bacillota'', with 266 named species. The term is also used to describe the shape (rod) of other so-shaped bacteria; and the plural ''Bacilli ...
''. Novel
nitrite reductases have been isolated from strains of this species.
This species has been recently transferred into the genus ''
Schinkia''.
The correct nomenclature is ''Schinkia azotoformans.''
References
External links
Type strain of ''Bacillus azotoformans'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
azotoformans
Bacteria described in 1983
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