Desulfohalophilus alkaliarsenatis
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Description and Significance
D. alkaliarsenatis is best described as an anaerobic, haloalkaliphilic bacteria. The SLSR-1 strain morphology is a motile vibrio that stain Gram-negative. The size of the bacteria is roughly .5 x 3.0μm, while TEM revealed the motility was due in part of a 10 μm polar flagellum. The preferred habitat of D. alkaliarsenatis is located in Searles Lake in CA, USA due in part to the high salt content and basic pH. It has demonstrated growth capability via sulfate-reduction over a broad range of salinities (50-300g/L). Most notably it is capable of growth via dissimilatory arsenate reduction which can make it of potential importance in that arsenate can inhibit the conversion of pyruvate into acetyl-CoA, blocking the Krebs cycle and therefore resulting in loss of ATP. Searles Lake is the optimum habitat because of the high arsenate.
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Ecology and Pathogenesis
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Page authored by _____, student of Prof. Jay Lennon at Michigan State University.
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