Taxonomy
Morphology
Cultural characteristics
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Caryophanales, Family Cytobacillaceae, Genus Neobacillus, Neobacillus soli
(Heyrman et al. 2004) Patel and Gupta 2020.
Old synonym: Bacillus soli Heyman, Vanparys, Logan, Balcaen, Rodriguez-Diaz, Felske and De Vos 2004.
Gram-positive / Gram-variable, motile, sometimes curved rods, 0.6-1.2 µm diameter,
singly and in pairs and in chains. Produce paracentral, ellipsoidal endospores in
unswollen / swollen sporangia.
Colonies are raised, cream, slightly umbonate, and have entire margins and glossy
or eggshell-textured surfaces on TSA. Facultatively anaerobic. Growth temperature
30-45 ºC (optimum 30 ºC); pH 4-9.5 (optimum pH 7-8). NaCl, alantoin or urate are not
required for growth.
Isolated from soil in the Drentse, an agricultural research area, The Netherlands.
Undetermined.
- 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.
- HeyrmanJ., Vanparys B., Logan N.A., Balcaen A., Rodriguez-Diaz M., Felske A. and De Vos P., 2004. Bacillus novalis sp. nov.,
Bacillus vireti sp. nov.,Bacillus soli sp. nov., Bacillus bataviensis sp. nov. and Bacillus drentensis sp. nov., from the Drentse A
grasslands. IJSEM 54, 47-57.
- Zhang XX, Gao JS, Zhang L, Zhang CW, Ma XT, Zhang J. Bacillus oryzisoli sp. nov., isolated from rice rhizosphere. Int J Syst Evol
Microbiol 2016; 66:3432-3436.
- Patel S, Gupta RS. A phylogenomic and comparative genomic framework for resolving the polyphyly of the genus Bacillus:
Proposal for six new genera of Bacillus species, Peribacillus gen. nov., Cytobacillus gen. nov., Mesobacillus gen. nov.,
Neobacillus gen. nov., Metabacillus gen. nov. and Alkalihalobacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:406-438.
Positive results for casein hydrolysis, esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase, nitrate reduction, starch hydrolysis, acid production from:
D-fructose, D-glucose, glycogen, maltose (weak), D-mannose, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, ribose (weak), starch and D-trehalose
(weak).
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, beta-galactosidase, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, hydrolysis of urea,
indole production, H2S production, Voges-Proskauer reaction, tryptophan deaminase, acid production from: D- or L-arabinose,
adonitol, amygdalin, arbutin, D- or L-arabitol, arbutin, cellobiose, dulcitol, erythritol, D- or L-fucose, glycerol, beta-gentibiose,
gluconate, meso-inositol, inulin, 2- or 5-ketogluconate, lactose, lyxose, melezitose, melibiose, raffinose, rhamnose, salicin, sorbitol,
sorbose, D-tagatose, methyl beta-xyloside, xylitol, D- and L-xylose.
Variable or weak results for citrate utilization, acid production from: D-mannitol, galactose and sucrose.
(c) Costin Stoica