''Bacillus horikoshii'' is a
facultative anaerobe
A facultative anaerobic organism is an organism that makes ATP by aerobic respiration if oxygen is present, but is capable of switching to fermentation if oxygen is absent.
Some examples of facultatively anaerobic bacteria are '' Staphylococc ...
bacterium
Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were amon ...
.
It is a
gram positive
In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall.
Gram-positive bact ...
,
alkaliphilic Alkaliphiles are a class of extremophilic microbes capable of survival in alkaline ( pH roughly 8.5–11) environments, growing optimally around a pH of 10. These bacteria can be further categorized as obligate alkaliphiles (those that require high ...
and alkalitolerant, aerobic
endospore-forming bacteria.
This species has been recently transferred into the genus ''
Sutcliffiella.''
The correct nomenclature is ''Sutcliffiella horikoshii.''
References
External links
UniProt entryType strain of ''Bacillus horikoshii'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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