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Bacteria => Firmicutes => Bacilli => Bacillales => Bacillaceae => Virgibacillus => Virgibacillus pantothenticus Heyndrickx et al.,1998
(Proom and Knight ,1950). Old synonym: Bacillus pantothenticus Proom and Knight, 1950
(Proom and Knight ,1950). Old synonym: Bacillus pantothenticus Proom and Knight, 1950
Gram positive, 0.4-0.7/ 1.2-3.5 μm, motile with peritrichous flagella. May form filaments. Spores: oval, terminal or subterminal,
swelling the sporangium. Colonies: 1-4 mm in diameter , low convex, circular and slightly irregular, butyrous , creamy-grey and
almost opaque.
swelling the sporangium. Colonies: 1-4 mm in diameter , low convex, circular and slightly irregular, butyrous , creamy-grey and
almost opaque.
-required pantothenic acid, amino acids, thiamine and biotin
-maximum temperature, 45-50'C; minimum temperature, 15-20'C
-growth in anaerobic agar
-growth in 5% NaCl
-growth in 10% NaCl
-no growth at 5,7 pH.
-maximum temperature, 45-50'C; minimum temperature, 15-20'C
-growth in anaerobic agar
-growth in 5% NaCl
-growth in 10% NaCl
-no growth at 5,7 pH.
Isolated from soil.
Unknown.
- Gordon R.E., Haynes W.C., Pang C.H. (1973) – The genus Bacillus . Agriculture Handbook No. 427, U.S.D.A., Washington D.C.
- Buchanan R.E., Gibbons N.E., Cowan S.T., Holt J.G., Liston J., Murray R.G.E., Niven C.F., Ravin A.W., Stanier R.W. ( 1974) –
Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, Eight Edition, The Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore. - Logan N. A., 2005.Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and other aerobic endospore-forming bacteria. In: Topley & Wilson’s
Microbiology & Microbial Infections, 10 th Edition, Edited by Boriello S.P., Murray P.R., Funke G, Bacteriology, vol. 2, 922-952. - Heyndrickx M., Lebbe L., Kersters K., Hoste B., De Wachter R., De Vos P., Forsyth G. & Logan N.A.: Proposal of Virgibacillus
proomii sp. nov. and emended description of Virgibacillus pantothenticus (Proom and Knight 1950) Heyndrickx et al. 1998. Int.
J. Syst. Bacteriol, 1999, 49, 1083-1090. - Heyndrickx M., Lebbe L., Kersters K., De Vos P., Forsyth G. & Logan N.A.: Virgibacillus: a new genus to accommodate Bacillus
pantothenticus (Proom and Knight 1950). Emended description of Virgibacillus pantothenticus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48,
99-106.
Acid (without gas) produced from glucose, D-mannose, salicin & trehalose.
Acid not produced from adonittol, dulcitol, erythritol, mannitol, arabinose, xylose &
glycogen.
Catalase & starch hydrolysis positive
Reduction of nitrate to nitrite & decomposition of casein variable.
Decomposition of tyrosine, Voges-Proskauer, resistance to lysozyme, citrate utilization,
indole, arginine dihydrolase, H2S negative.
Acid not produced from adonittol, dulcitol, erythritol, mannitol, arabinose, xylose &
glycogen.
Catalase & starch hydrolysis positive
Reduction of nitrate to nitrite & decomposition of casein variable.
Decomposition of tyrosine, Voges-Proskauer, resistance to lysozyme, citrate utilization,
indole, arginine dihydrolase, H2S negative.
(c) Costin Stoica
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