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Priestia megaterium [1] (Bacillus megaterium prior to 2020) [2] is a rod-like, Gram-positive, mainly aerobic, spore forming bacterium found in widely diverse habitats. [3] [4] It has a cell length up to 100 μm and a diameter of 0.1 μm, which is quite large for bacteria. [5]
Bacillus (Latin "stick") is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria, a member of the phylum Bacillota, with 266 named species.The term is also used to describe the shape (rod) of other so-shaped bacteria; and the plural Bacilli is the name of the class of bacteria to which this genus belongs.
Priestia, as of May 2021, contains 10 species with validly published names. [3] This genus was identified as a monophyletic clade and phylogenetically unrelated to other Bacillus species in studies examining the taxonomic relationships within Bacillus. [1] This branching pattern is also observed in the Genome Taxonomy Database. [10]
Pathogenic bacteria are bacteria that can cause disease. [1] This article focuses on the bacteria that are pathogenic to humans. Most species of bacteria are harmless and many are beneficial but others can cause infectious diseases. The number of these pathogenic species in humans is estimated to be fewer than a hundred. [2]
Bacillus. Bacillus anthracis; Bacillus brevis; Bacillus cereus; Bacillus fusiformis; Bacillus licheniformis; Bacillus megaterium; Bacillus mycoides; Bacillus ...
Bacillus subtilis is a model organism used to study bacterial chromosome replication. Replication of the single circular chromosome initiates at a single locus, the origin ( oriC ). Replication proceeds bidirectionally and two replication forks progress in clockwise and counterclockwise directions along the chromosome.
The Bacillaceae are a family of gram-positive, heterotrophic, rod-shaped bacteria that may produce endospores. [1] Motile members of this family are characterized by peritrichous flagella. Some Bacillaceae are aerobic, while others are facultative or strict anaerobes. Most are not pathogenic, but Bacillus species are known to cause disease in ...
In addition, the genus Bacillus has been restricted to include only species closely related to Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus cereus. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The name Cytobacillus can be broken down into the prefix "cyto-" (from the Greek noun kytos , referring to hollow, vessel, jar or a cell in biology) and the suffix "-bacillus" (from the Latin noun ...