| Alkalihalobacillus macyae |
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Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Caryophanales, Family Bacillaceae, Genus Alkalihalobacillus, Alkalihalobacillus
macyae (Santini et al. 2004) Patel and Gupta 2020.
Synonyms: Bacillus macyae Santini et al. 2004, Anaerobacillus macyae (Santini et al. 2004) Zavarzina et al. 2010.
Description is based on a single isolate.
macyae (Santini et al. 2004) Patel and Gupta 2020.
Synonyms: Bacillus macyae Santini et al. 2004, Anaerobacillus macyae (Santini et al. 2004) Zavarzina et al. 2010.
Description is based on a single isolate.
Gram-positive, 0.6 x 2.5-3 µm, motile rods. Produce subterminally, ellipsoidal
endospores in unswollen sporangia
endospores in unswollen sporangia
Colonies are round and white. Strictly anaerobic. Show respiratory growth As (V)
(arsenate) and nitrate as electron acceptors. Grows at ph 7-8.4 and 28-37 ºC. Grows
in 0.12% - 3% NaCl.
(arsenate) and nitrate as electron acceptors. Grows at ph 7-8.4 and 28-37 ºC. Grows
in 0.12% - 3% NaCl.
Isolated from arsenic-contaminated mud from a gold mine in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
Not determined.
- 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. - J.M. Santini, I.C.A. Streimann and R. N. vanden Hoven, 2004. Bacillus macyae sp. nov., an arsenate-respiring bacterium isolated
from an Australian gold mine. IJSEM 54, 2241-2244. - 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 catalase and nitrate reduction.
Negative results for oxidase and citrate utilization.
Negative results for oxidase and citrate utilization.
(c) Costin Stoica
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