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bacillus

[bə′sil·əs]
(microbiology)
Any rod-shaped bacterium.

Bacillus

[bə′sil·əs]
(microbiology)
A genus of bacteria in the family Bacillaceae; rod-shaped cells are aerobes or facultative anaerobes and usually produce catalase.
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Biochemical analysis of the genus Bacillus gave negative results for indole, citrate, oxidase, and urease and positive results for methyl red Voges-Proskaeur, catalase, and gelatinase tests.
- All DNA contained in the final expression system is derived from Bacillus subtilis
These bacteria were identified as the members of seven different species from six different genera: Bacillus, Kocuria, Pantoea, Streptococcus and Staphylococcus.
The construction of a phylogenetic tree (Figure 1) was based on the comparison made on the 16S rDNA sequence of isolate EFB-11 and other strain of Bacillus species, with ATCC coded.
On the other hand, profiling of heavy metal resistance among the group of PHB-producing bacteria indicated that Bacillus sp.
The nauplii were divided into seven groups, including a control group (C), three Bacillus culture groups (Y1, Y2, Y3), and three Lactobacillus culture groups (R1, R2, R3).
Many bacterial species show phytase enzyme activity particularly those which are associated with Bacillus and Enterobacter genera.
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