''Bacillus horti'' is a species of
Gram-negative
Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wall ...
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 ...
bacillus. Its cells are strictly aerobic rods that produce subterminally located ellipsoidal
spore
In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many plants, algae, f ...
s. Its type strain is K13
T (= JCM 9943
T).
References
Further reading
*Berkeley, Roger, et al., eds. Applications and systematics of bacillus and relatives. John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
*Logan, Niall A., and Paul De Vos. "Bacillus." Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology 3 (2009): 21–128.
*Mielenz, Jonathan R., et al. Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals: The Twenty-Eighth Symposium. Vol. 136. Springer, 2009.
*Ivanova, Elena P., et al. "Characterization of Bacillus strains of marine origin."International microbiology 2.4 (2010): 267–271.
External links
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LPSNType strain of ''Bacillus horti'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
horti
Bacteria described in 1998
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