Bacillus boroniphilus

Bacillus boroniphilus is a species of highly boron-tolerant bacterium, hence its name. It is Gram-positive, motile, and rod-shaped, with type strain T-15ZT (DSM 17376T = IAM 15287T = ATCC BAA-1204T).[1] Its genome has been sequenced.[2]

Bacillus boroniphilus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Bacillota
Class:
Bacilli
Order:
Bacillales
Family:
Bacillaceae
Genus:
Bacillus
Species:
B. boroniphilus
Binomial name
Bacillus boroniphilus
Ahmed et al. 2007

This species has been recently transferred into the genus Mesobacillus.[3] The correct nomenclature is Mesobacillus boroniphilus.

References
  1. Ahmed, Iftikhar; Yokota, Akira; Fujiwara, Toru (2006). "A novel highly boron tolerant bacterium, Bacillus boroniphilus sp. nov., isolated from soil, that requires boron for its growth". Extremophiles. 11 (2): 217–224. doi:10.1007/s00792-006-0027-0. ISSN 1431-0651. PMID 17072687. S2CID 2965138.
  2. Col, B.; Ozkeserli, Z.; Kumar, D.; Ozdag, H.; Alakoc, Y. D. (2014). "Genome Sequence of the Boron-Tolerant and -Requiring Bacterium Bacillus boroniphilus". Genome Announcements. 2 (1): e00935-13–e00935-13. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00935-13. ISSN 2169-8287. PMC 3879602. PMID 24385571.
  3. Patel, Sudip; Gupta, Radhey S. (2020-01-01). "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". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (1): 406–438. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.003775. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 31617837.

Further reading
  • Şen, Mustafa; Yılmaz, Ülkü; Baysal, Aslı; Akman, Süleyman; Çakar, Z. Petek (2011). "In vivo evolutionary engineering of a boron-resistant bacterium: Bacillus boroniphilus". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 99 (4): 825–835. doi:10.1007/s10482-011-9557-2. ISSN 0003-6072. PMID 21279440. S2CID 322928.


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