Bacillus canaveralius
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Phylum Firmicutes, Class Bacilli, Order Bacillales, Family Bacillaceae, Genus Bacillus, Bacillus canaveralius  Newcomb, Dekas,
Mayilraj and Venkateswaran 2009.
Gram-positive, motile rods, 1.0 x 3-5 µm in diameter, producing terminal, oval
endospore in swollen sporangia.
Colonies are beige, with entire margin and a raised elevation. Strictly aerobic. Grow at
pH 7-10.5 (optimum pH 7.5) and in 0.5-15% NaCl media. Temperature range 15-45
ºC, (optimum temperature 32 ºC).
Isolated from walls and floors of the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Undetermined.
  1. Newcombe D., Dekas A., Mayilraj S. and Venkateswaran K.,2009. Bacillus canaveralius sp. nov., an alkali-tolerant bacterium
    isolated from a spacecraft assembly facility. IJSEM 59, 2015-2019.
Positive results for hydrolysis of esculin, catalase, nitrate reduction, tryptophan
deaminase, acid production from: L-arabinose, D-mannose, cellobiose, D-fructose,
D-melibiose & sucrose.

Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, beta-galactosidase, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, hydrolysis of urea,
hydrolysis of gelatin, oxidase, indole production, H
2S production, acid production from: D-glucose, D-mannitol, glycerol, glycogen,
salicin, amygdalin, D-arabinose, L-fructose, galactose, lactose, D-melezitose, raffinose, rhamnose, ribose, D- or L-xylose.
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