Bacillus coahuilensis

Bacillus coahuilensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Bacillaceae
Genus: Bacillus
Species: B. coahuilensis
Binomial name
Bacillus coahuilensis
Cerritos et al. 2008

Bacillus coahuilensis is a rod-shaped, Gram-positive, motile, spore-forming bacterium. This species was isolated from water samples taken from a highly saline desert lagoon in Coahuila, Mexico. [1]

References

  1. ^ Cerritos, R.; Vinuesa, P., Eguiarte, L. E., Herrera-Estrella, L., Alcaraz-Peraza, L. D., Arvizu-Gomez, J. L., Olmedo, G., Ramirez, E., Siefert, J. L., Souza, V. (1 April 2008). "Bacillus coahuilensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic species from a desiccation lagoon in the Cuatro Cienegas Valley in Coahuila, Mexico". INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY 58 (4): 919–923. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64959-0.