Bacillus nealsonii
Bacillus nealsonii is a species of bacteria first isolated from a spacecraft-assembly facility. Its spores are γ-radiation resistant. It is Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped and produces endospores. Its type strain is FO-92T (=ATCC BAA-519T =DSM 15077T).[1]
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| Species: | B. nealsonii |
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This species has been recently transferred into the genus Niallia.[2] The correct nomenclature is Niallia nealsonii.
References
- Venkateswaran, K. (2003). "Bacillus nealsonii sp. nov., isolated from a spacecraft-assembly facility, whose spores are gamma-radiation resistant". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53 (1): 165–172. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02311-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 12656168.
- Gupta, Radhey S.; Patel, Sudip; Saini, Navneet; Chen, Shu (2020-11-01). "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". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5753–5798. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004475. ISSN 1466-5026.
Further reading
- Peak, K. Kealy; Duncan, Kathleen E.; Luna, Vicki A.; King, Debra S.; McCarthy, Peter J.; Cannons, Andrew C. (2011). "Bacillus Strains Most Closely Related to Bacillus nealsonii Are Not Effectively Circumscribed within the Taxonomic Species Definition". International Journal of Microbiology. 2011: 1–13. doi:10.1155/2011/673136. ISSN 1687-918X. PMC 3199179.
- Chauhan, Prakram Singh; Sharma, Prince; Puri, Neena; Gupta, Naveen (2014). "Purification and characterization of an alkali-thermostable β-mannanase from Bacillus nealsonii PN-11 and its application in mannooligosaccharides preparation having prebiotic potential". European Food Research and Technology. 238 (6): 927–936. doi:10.1007/s00217-014-2170-7. ISSN 1438-2377.
- Perumal, Mohanraj; Prabakaran, J. John; Kamaraj, M. (2013). "Isolation and Characterization of Potential Cyanide Degrading Bacillus nealsonii from Different Industrial Effluents". International Journal of ChemTech Research. 5 (5).
External links
- "Bacillus nealsonii" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- LPSN
- Type strain of Bacillus nealsonii at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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