Bacillus weihenstephanensis

Bacillus weihenstephanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Bacillaceae
Genus: Bacillus
Species: B. weihenstephanensis
Binomial name
Bacillus weihenstephanensis
Lechner et al. 1998

Bacillus weihenstephanensis is a soil-dwelling, Gram-positive, rod-shaped, beta hemolytic bacterium. It is differentiated by its psychrotolerant growth (that is, growth can occur at temperatures of 7 °C or lower).[1]

Pathogenisis

Strains of B. weihenstephanensis may carry genes coding for endotoxins generally associated with Bacillus cereus.[2]

References

  1. ^ Lechner, S; Mayr, R, Francis, KP, Prüss, BM, Kaplan, T, Wiessner-Gunkel, E, Stewart, GS, Scherer, S (1998 Oct). "Bacillus weihenstephanensis sp. nov. is a new psychrotolerant species of the Bacillus cereus group.". International journal of systematic bacteriology 48 Pt 4: 1373–82. PMID 9828439. 
  2. ^ Stenfors, LP; Mayr, R, Scherer, S, Granum, PE (2002-09-24). "Pathogenic potential of fifty Bacillus weihenstephanensis strains.". FEMS microbiology letters 215 (1): 47–51. PMID 12393199.