Aneurinibacillus aneurinilyticus
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Taxonomy
Morphology
Growth conditions
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Caryophanales, Family Paenibacillaceae, Genus Aneurinibacillus, Aneurinibacillus
aneurinilyticus (Shida et al. 1996) Heyndrickx et al. 1997.
Hystorical synonyms: Bacillus aneurinolyticus Aoyoma (1952).
0.8-1.0 / 3.0-5.0 μm, motile peritrichously and abundant flagellated, Gram-positive.
Spores are ellipsoidal, subterminal or terminal, swelling the sporangium (variable).
Maximum growth temperature 50 ºC, minimum 20 ºC.
Do not grow at pH 5.7.
No growth in anaerobic agar.
No growth in 5% NaCl or in 10% NaCl .
Isolated from human feces.
Unknown.
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- 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.
- J.P. Euzeby.List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature-Genus Bacillus.www.bacterio.cict.fr/b/bacillus.html
Positive results for catalase, nitrates reduction, decomposition of tyrosine,
decomposition of thiamine, resistance to lysozyme.
Negative results for citrate utilization, indole production, Voges-Proskauer reaction,
starch hydrolysis, decomposition of casein, acid production from glucose, mannitol,
arabinose and xylose.
(c) Costin Stoica