| ferrimonas futtsuensis sp. nov. and ferrimonas kyonanensis sp. nov., selenate-reducing bacteria belonging to the gammaproteobacteria isolated from tokyo bay. | two novel mesophilic, facultatively anaerobic, selenate-reducing bacteria, designated strains fut3661t and asr22-7t, were isolated from a sediment sample and the alimentary tract of littleneck clams, respectively. both sources of the samples were collected from the coast of tokyo bay, japan. cells were gram-negative rods and motile by means of a polar flagellum. the strains reduced selenate to elemental selenium (se0) and also reduced iron(iii) oxyhydroxide, iron(iii) citrate, arsenate, manganes ... | 2006 | 17082404 |