''Deinococcus indicus'' is a species of
arsenic
Arsenic is a chemical element with the symbol As and atomic number 33. Arsenic occurs in many minerals, usually in combination with sulfur and metals, but also as a pure elemental crystal. Arsenic is a metalloid. It has various allotropes, but ...
-resistant bacterium. It is
Gram-negative
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, rod-shaped, non-
motile
Motility is the ability of an organism to move independently, using metabolic energy.
Definitions
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, non-
sporulating
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and red-pigmented, with type strain Wt/1a
T (=MTCC 4913
T =DSM 15307
T).
References
Further reading
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External links
LPSN*
Type strain of ''Deinococcus indicus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Deinococcales
Bacteria described in 2004
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