''Bacillus coahuilensis'' is a rod-shaped,

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 ...

motile Motility is the ability of an organism to move independently, using metabolic energy. Definitions Motility, the ability of an organism to move independently, using metabolic energy, can be contrasted with sessility, the state of organisms th ...

, spore-forming

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 ...

. This species was isolated from water samples taken from a highly saline desert lagoon in Coahuila,

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References

External links

Type strain of ''Bacillus coahuilensis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
coahuilensis Bacteria described in 2008 {{bacilli-stub