Manganese and arsenic oxidation performance of Bacterium-Yunotaki 86 (BY86) from Hokkaido, Japan, and the bacterium's Phylogeny

Ozaki, Takuo*; Wang, X.*; Onuki, Toshihiko

The bacterium collected at Yunotaki, Hokkaido, Japan did not oxidized As(III) to As(V) in the absence of Mn. In the presence of Mn, however, As(III) was rapidly oxidized to As(V) on the cell surfaces. A phylogenetical study disclosed that BY86 was most losely related to Bacillus cereus with an identity of 99.90%.