Herpetosiphon giganteus

Herpetosiphon giganteus is a species of bacteria in the genus Herpetosiphon known to produce 16 restriction enzymes.

Herpetosiphon giganteus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Chloroflexi (phylum)
Class:	Chloroflexi
Order:	Herpetosiphonales
Family:	Herpetosiphonaceae
Genus:	Herpetosiphon
Species:	H. giganteus
Binomial name
Herpetosiphon giganteus

H. giganteus has been studied for its gliding motility.[1]

References

Isolation of Herpetosiphon giganteus and ultrastructure analysis by electron microscopy. Nowroozi J., Mirzaii M. and Tabatabi P. Iranian biomedical journal, 1996

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

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