Serpentinicella is a Gram-positive, anaerobic, alkaliphilic and spore-forming genus of bacteria from the family of Clostridiaceae with one known species (Serpentinicella alkaliphila).[1][2][3][4] Serpentinicella alkaliphila has been isolated from a hydrothermal vent from Prony Bay.[4]

Serpentinicella
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Serpentinicella

Mei et al. 2016[1]
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S. alkaliphila[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Genus: Serpentinicella". LPSN.DSMZ.de.
  2. ^ "Serpentinicella". www.uniprot.org.
  3. ^ Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M. (2016). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomy of the genus Serpentinicella Mei et al. 2016". doi:10.1601/tx.29170. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ a b Mei, Nan; Postec, Anne; Erauso, Gael; Joseph, Manon; Pelletier, Bernard; Payri, Claude; Ollivier, Bernard; Quéméneur, Marianne (1 November 2016). "Serpentinicella alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alkaliphilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from the serpentinite-hosted Prony hydrothermal field, New Caledonia". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66 (11): 4464–4470. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001375. PMID 27499124.