Herminiimonas saxobsidens
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Herminiimonas saxobsidens is a species of ultramicrobacteria
. First reported in 2007, it was isolated from a rock surface colonized with lichen
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Ultramicrobacteria
Ultramicrobacteria are bacteria that are considerably smaller than normal bacterial cells and are 0.3 to 0.2 micrometres in diameter. This term was first used in 1981, to refer to cocci in seawater that were less than 0.3 μm in diameter. These cells have also been recovered from soil and appeared...
. First reported in 2007, it was isolated from a rock surface colonized with lichen
Lichen
Lichens are composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic organism composed of a fungus with a photosynthetic partner , usually either a green alga or cyanobacterium...
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