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Aerobic, Endospore-Forming Bacteria from Antarctic Geothermal Soils

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Microbiology of Extreme Soils

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The term ‘aerobic endospore-forming bacteria’ is used to embrace Bacillus species and related genera, for which the production of resistant endospores in the presence of oxygen remains the defining feature. They are also expected to possess Gram-positive cell wall structures (but staining reactions, even in young cultures, may be Gram-variable or frankly Gram-negative), and may be aerobic or facultatively anaerobic. These characters have formed part of the definition of the group for many years, but some exceptions have emerged. Bacillus infernus and B. arseni-ciselenatis are strictly anaerobic, and spores have not been detected in B. infernus, B. subterraneus, and B. thermoamylovorans.

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Logan, N.A., Allan, R.N. (2008). Aerobic, Endospore-Forming Bacteria from Antarctic Geothermal Soils. In: Dion, P., Nautiyal, C.S. (eds) Microbiology of Extreme Soils. Soil Biology, vol 13. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74231-9_8

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