Hexavalent Chromium Reduction by Anoxybacillus rupiensis isolated From Hot Water Spring of Dhapoli, Maharashtra, India

The first representative of the genus Anoxybacillus, A. pushchinoensis was described by Pikuta as strictly anaerobic and an emended description of the species was published later on Pikuta according to which this species should be considered as aerobic anaerobe and the genus Anoxybacillus should be emended to aerobic anaerobes and facultative anaerobes. 

Although the name of the genus Anoxybacillus means ‘‘without oxygen Bacillus’’, according to Pikuta, most of the species described grow well aerobically and even for some species anaerobic growth was registered only under certain conditions . The Bacillacea family members are good source of bacteria for bioprocessing and biotransformation involving whole cells or enzymes. In contrast to Bacillus and Geobacillus, Anoxybacillus is relatively new genus that was proposed in the year 2000. Because these bacteria are alkali tolerant thermophiles, they are suitable for many industrial applications. Read more....................