Herpetosiphon giganteus
| Herpetosiphon giganteus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Chloroflexota |
| Class: | Chloroflexia |
| Order: | Herpetosiphonales |
| Family: | Herpetosiphonaceae |
| Genus: | Herpetosiphon |
| Species: | H. giganteus |
| Binomial name | |
| Herpetosiphon giganteus (ex Reichenbach and Golecki 1975) Pan et al. 2017 | |
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Herpetosiphon giganteus is a species of bacteria in the genus Herpetosiphon known to produce 16 restriction enzymes.
H. giganteus has been studied for its gliding motility.[1]
References
External links
- Restriction endonucleases from Herpetosiphon giganteus: an example of the evolution of DNA recognition specificity? P R Whitehead, D Jacobs, and N L Brown, Nucleic Acids Res. 1986 September 11; 14(17): 7031–7045.
- Type strain of Herpetosiphon giganteus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase