| Metabacillus idriensis |
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Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Caryophanales, Family Bacillaceae, Genus Metabacillus, Metabacillus idriensis
(Ko et al. 2006) Gupta et al. 2020.
Synonym: Bacillus idriensis Ko et al. 2006.
Species description is based on a single isolate.
(Ko et al. 2006) Gupta et al. 2020.
Synonym: Bacillus idriensis Ko et al. 2006.
Species description is based on a single isolate.
Gram-positive rods.
Grows well on blood agar at 37 ºC. Aerobic.
Isolated from the blood of a newborn child with sepsis.
Association with neonatal sepsis could not be determined.
- Ko KS, Oh WS, Lee MY, Lee JH, Lee H, Peck KR, Lee NY, Song JH. Bacillus infantis sp. nov. and Bacillus idriensis sp. nov.,
isolated from a patient with neonatal sepsis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2541-2544. - Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae
genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal
for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol
Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798. - Zhu D, Zhang P, Niu L, Xie C, Li P, Sun J, Hang F. Bacillus ectoiniformans sp. nov., a halotolerant bacterium isolated from deep-
sea sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:616-622.
Positive results for catalase, gelatinase, beta-galactosidase (ONPG), starch hydrolysis,
acid production from: beta-gentiobiose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, melibiose,
melezitose, raffinose, D-ribose, salicin and D-xylose.
Can utilize (API 50 CH): galactose, glucose, fructose, mannitol, sorbitol, methyl alpha-D-glucoside, N-acetylglucosamine, amygdalin,
arbutin, aesculin, salicin, maltose, melibiose, sucrose, trehalose, raffinose, starch, glycogen, gluconate, glycerol, 5-ketogluconate,
ribose, mannose, inositol, xylitol, gentiobiose and D-xylose.
Negative results for casein hydrolysis, nitrate reduction, oxidase, acid production from: D-adonitol, D- and L-arabinose, L-arabitol,
cellobiose, erythritol, D-fucose, glycogen, 2- and 5-ketogluconate, lactose, L-rhamnose, D-sorbose, turanose and L-xylose.
No utilization of cellobiose, lactose and inulin.
acid production from: beta-gentiobiose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, melibiose,
melezitose, raffinose, D-ribose, salicin and D-xylose.
Can utilize (API 50 CH): galactose, glucose, fructose, mannitol, sorbitol, methyl alpha-D-glucoside, N-acetylglucosamine, amygdalin,
arbutin, aesculin, salicin, maltose, melibiose, sucrose, trehalose, raffinose, starch, glycogen, gluconate, glycerol, 5-ketogluconate,
ribose, mannose, inositol, xylitol, gentiobiose and D-xylose.
Negative results for casein hydrolysis, nitrate reduction, oxidase, acid production from: D-adonitol, D- and L-arabinose, L-arabitol,
cellobiose, erythritol, D-fucose, glycogen, 2- and 5-ketogluconate, lactose, L-rhamnose, D-sorbose, turanose and L-xylose.
No utilization of cellobiose, lactose and inulin.
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