Table 2. Differential characteristics of Bacillus massilioanorexius strain AP8T, B. timonensis strain DSM 25372, B. amyloliquefaciens strain FZB42, B. massiliosenegalensis strain JC6T, B. mycoides strain DSM 2048 and B. thuringiensis strain BMB171
From: Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Bacillus massilioanorexius sp. nov.
Properties | B. massilioanorexius | B. timonensis | B. amyloliquefaciens | B. massiliosenegalensis | B. mycoides | B. thuringiensis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cell diameter (µm) | 0.77 | 0.66 | 0.8 | 0.65 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
Oxygen requirement | aerobic | aerobic | aerobic | aerobic | facultative anaerobic | facultative anaerobic |
Pigment production | + | − | − | − | − | − |
Gram stain | + | − | + | + | + | + |
Salt requirement | − | + | + | + | + |  |
Motility | + | + | + | + |  | − |
Endospore formation | − | + | + | + | + | + |
Production of | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Acid phosphatase | na | na | + | w | + | + |
Catalase | + | − | + | + | + | + |
Oxidase | + | + | + | − | − | + |
Nitrate reductase | na | na | + | + | v | + |
Urease | − | na | − | − | v | + |
β-galactosidase | na | + | v | na | + | − |
N-acetyl-glucosamine | na | + | + | + | + | + |
Acid from | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
L-Arabinose | − | + | + | − | + | na |
Ribose | + | − | + | − | + | + |
Mannose | + | − | + | − | + | + |
Mannitol | + | − | + | − | + | + |
Sucrose | − | − | + | − | + | v |
D-glucose | + | − | + | + | + | + |
D-fructose | + | − | + | − | + | + |
D-maltose | − | − | + | + | + | + |
D-lactose | − | + | + | − | + | + |
Hydrolysis of | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Gelatin | + | − | + | − | + | + |
Starch | na | na | + | na | + | + |
G+C content (mol%) | 34.10 | 37.30 | 46.48 | 37.6 | 35.21 | 35.18 |
Habitat | human gut | human gut | Soil | human gut | soil | soil |