| Bacillus mojavensis |
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Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Caryophanales, Family Bacillaceae, Genus Bacillus, Bacillus mojavensis Roberts,
Nakamura and Cohan 1994 emend. Wang, Lee, Tai, Yokota and Kuo 2007.
Phenotypically close to B. atrophaeus, B. vallismortis, and B. subtilis.
Nakamura and Cohan 1994 emend. Wang, Lee, Tai, Yokota and Kuo 2007.
Phenotypically close to B. atrophaeus, B. vallismortis, and B. subtilis.
Gram-positive, motile rods, 0.5-1.0 x 2.0-4.0 µm, central, paracentral, ellipsoidal
endospores (0.6-0.8 x 1.0-1.4µm) in unswollen sporangia.
endospores (0.6-0.8 x 1.0-1.4µm) in unswollen sporangia.
Colonies are opaque, smooth, circular, up to 2 mm in diameter after 2 days at 28 ºC,
Growth is observed at pH 6-7; temperature range 10-55 ºC (optimum 30 ºC). NaCl is
not required for growth, 10% NaCl tolerance. Allantoin or urate are not required. No
growth with lysozyme (0.001%). Aerobic.
Growth is observed at pH 6-7; temperature range 10-55 ºC (optimum 30 ºC). NaCl is
not required for growth, 10% NaCl tolerance. Allantoin or urate are not required. No
growth with lysozyme (0.001%). Aerobic.
Isolated from desert soils and brackish sediments. No growth with lysozyme present.
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. - M.S. Roberts,L.K. Nakamura, and F.M. Cohan, 1994. Bacillus mojavensis sp. nov., Distinguishable from Bacillus subtilis by Sexual
Isolation, Divergence in DNA Sequence, and Differences in Fatty Acid Composition. IJSB 44, 2, 256-264. - Ruiz-Garcia C, Quesada E, Martinez-Checa F, Llamas I, Urdaci MC, Bejar V. Bacillus axarquiensis sp. nov. and Bacillus
malacitensis sp. nov., isolated from river-mouth sediments in southern Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1279-1285.
Positive results for casein hydrolysis, catalase, citrate utilization, beta-galactosidase, gelatinase, nitrate reduction, oxidase, starch
hydrolysis, Voges-Proskauer reaction, acid production from: amygdalin, L-arabinose, cellobiose, fructose, D-glucose, D-mannitol,
mannose, maltose, ribose, salicin, sorbitol, starch, sucrose and trehalose.
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, egg yolk reaction, H2S production, indole production, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine
decarboxylase, deamination of phenylalanine, hydrolysis of Tween 80, degradation of tyrosine, tryptophan deaminase, urease, acid
production from: glycogen, lactose, melibiose, methyl alpha-D-glucoside and turanose.
Variable results for acid production from: galactose, meso-inositol, inulin, methyl beta-xyloside, beta-gentibiose, raffinose, rhamnose
and D-xylose.
hydrolysis, Voges-Proskauer reaction, acid production from: amygdalin, L-arabinose, cellobiose, fructose, D-glucose, D-mannitol,
mannose, maltose, ribose, salicin, sorbitol, starch, sucrose and trehalose.
Negative results for arginine dihydrolase, egg yolk reaction, H2S production, indole production, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine
decarboxylase, deamination of phenylalanine, hydrolysis of Tween 80, degradation of tyrosine, tryptophan deaminase, urease, acid
production from: glycogen, lactose, melibiose, methyl alpha-D-glucoside and turanose.
Variable results for acid production from: galactose, meso-inositol, inulin, methyl beta-xyloside, beta-gentibiose, raffinose, rhamnose
and D-xylose.
(c) Costin Stoica
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