General Information: This strain was first identified in the heavy metal-contaminated sludge of a settling tank in Belgium in the late 1970s. This organism, formerly Ralstonia metallidurans, is capable of growth in the presence of a large number of heavy metals including silver, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, mercury, nickel, lead, thallium, and zinc.
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General Information: Isolation: Soil from the Amargosa desert in Nevada; Country: USA; Temp: Mesophile; Temp: 28C. It is a member of the Actinomycetales that grows in dry soil or on the surfaces of rocks and monuments. Aerobic Gram-positive bacterium.