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Bacteria => Firmicutes => Bacilli => Bacillales => Bacillaceae => Bacillus => Bacillus aeolius Gugliandolo, Maugeri, Caccamo and
Stackebrandt 2003. Description is based on a single isolate that seems to be lost.
Name was proposed for rejection.
Stackebrandt 2003. Description is based on a single isolate that seems to be lost.
Name was proposed for rejection.
Gram-positive, motile rods, 0.5-2.0 µm, terminal, oval (ellipsoidal, cylindrical) endospores.
Aerobe, no anaerobic growth. Optimum pH 8, range 7-9. NaCl is required for growth
(0.5-5%), optimum 2%. Growth temperature 37-60 ºC, optimum 55 ºC.
(0.5-5%), optimum 2%. Growth temperature 37-60 ºC, optimum 55 ºC.
Isolated from a shallow marine hydrothermal vent, Vulcano Island, Eolian Islands, Italy.
Unknown.
- N.A. Logan and P. De Vos, 2009. Genus I. Bacillus Cohn 1872. In: (Eds.) P.D. Vos, G. Garrity, D. Jones, N.R. Krieg, W.
Ludwig, F.A. Rainey, K.-H. Schleifer, W.B. Whitman. Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume 3: The Firmicutes,
Springer, 21-127.
Positive results for hydrolysis of gelatin, oxidase, hydrolysis of casein, hydrolysis of
starch, Voges-Proskauer reaction, citrate utilization, acid production from: L-arabinose,
D-glucose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, glycerol, glycogen, salicin, starch, D-xylose,
N-acetil-D-glucosamine, cellobiose, fructose, meso-inositol, 2-ketogluconate,
5-ketogluconate, maltose, melezitose, melibiose, raffinose, ribose, sucrose &
trehalose.
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, hydrolysis of esculin, hydrolysis of urea,
catalase, indole production, H2S production, nitrate reduction, acid production from methyl β-xyloside & D-arabinose.
starch, Voges-Proskauer reaction, citrate utilization, acid production from: L-arabinose,
D-glucose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, glycerol, glycogen, salicin, starch, D-xylose,
N-acetil-D-glucosamine, cellobiose, fructose, meso-inositol, 2-ketogluconate,
5-ketogluconate, maltose, melezitose, melibiose, raffinose, ribose, sucrose &
trehalose.
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, hydrolysis of esculin, hydrolysis of urea,
catalase, indole production, H2S production, nitrate reduction, acid production from methyl β-xyloside & D-arabinose.
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