| Species/Subspecies: | Bacillus licheniformis | ||||||||
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| Categories: | Spore forming; motile | ||||||||
| Etymology: | Genus name: small rod Species epithet: formed as lichen | ||||||||
| Significance: | [Of minor importance] | ||||||||
| Taxonomy: | Class Bacilli Order Bacillales Family Bacillaceae Genus Bacillus |
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| Type Strain: | ATCC 14580 = CCUG 7422 = NCTC 10341 | ||||||||
| Macromorphology (smell):
| Round, irregular, whitish and medium sized colonies (2-6 mm i diameter). No hemolysis on blood agar. May form spores. | ||||||||
| Micromorphology: | Large motile rods (0.6-0.8 x 1.5-3.0 µm) in chains. | ||||||||
| Gram +/Gram -: | G+ | ||||||||
| Metabolism: | Facultatively anaerobic | ||||||||
| Catalase/Oxidase: | +/V | ||||||||
| Other Enzymes: | Esculinase +, urease V. | ||||||||
| Biochemical Tests: | Citrate +, Voges-Proskauer + | ||||||||
| Fermentation of carbohydrates: | D-glucose + lactose + maltose + L-rhamnose v sucrose + L-arabinose + cellobiose + D-mannitol + salicin + trehalose + glycerol + inulin v raffinose v D-sorbitol + starch + |
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| Spec. Char.: | Mesophilic (temperature optimum: +30°C) and may grow between +15 and +55 °C. | ||||||||
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| Reservoir: | Soil | ||||||||
| Disease: | Abortion in cattle and pigs, mastitis in cattle and goats, (may cause food poisoning in humans). |
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| Hosts: | Cattle, pigs, goats, (humans) | ||||||||
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| Taxonomy/phylogeny: | About 250 species have been described within the genus Bacillus. Bacillus licheniformis is closely related to B. subtilis. | ||||||||
| Comment: | Spore forming | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2023-03-08 |