Bacillus psychrosaccharolyticus
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1967) Priest et al. 1989.
Synonym:
Bacillus psychrosaccharolyticus Larkin and Stokes, 1967
Gram positive, 0.7-1.1/ 1.5-2.7 μm, motile with peritrichous and abundant flagella.
Spores ellipsoidal , central or paracentral,   swelling the sporangium.
Growth temperature  from  0-3 ºC  to  35 ºC.
- growth in anaerobic agar
- variable growth in 5% NaCl
- no growth in  10% NaCl
- no growth at 5.7 pH
- on agar media relatively thick opaque growth
Isolated  from soil and marshes.
Unknown (none).
  1. Gordon R.E., Haynes W.C., Pang C.H. (1973) – The genus Bacillus . Agriculture Handbook No. 427, U.S.D.A., Washington D.C.
  2. 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.
Acid production from glucose,arabinose, xilose - positive.
Mannitol variable.
Catalase, starch hydroysis, decomposition of casein, reduction of nitrate to nitrite
positive.
Decomposition of tyrosine, Voges-Proskauer, resistance to lysozyme, citrate
utilization,  indole & deamination of phenylalanine negative.
(c) Costin Stoica
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