From: Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Bacillus massiliogorillae sp. nov.
Characteristic | B. massiliogorillae sp. nov. | B. simplex | B. psychrosaccharolyticus | B. circulans |
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Cell diameter (µm) | 0.87-1.2 | 0.7-0.9 | 0.9-1 | 0.5-0.8 |
Oxygen requirement | aerobic | aerobic | facultative anaerobic | aerobic |
Gram stain | var | var | var | var |
Salt requirement | < 5% | <7% | <10% | <7% |
Motility | + | v | + | + |
Endospore formation | + | + | + | + |
Production of | ||||
Alkaline phosphatase | + | na | na | na |
Acid phosphatase | + | na | na | na |
Catalase | + | + | + | + |
Oxidase | − | − | na | na |
Nitrate reductase | − | na | + | na |
Urease | + | na | na | w |
α-galactosidase | − | na | na | na |
β-galactosidase | − | na | + | + |
β-glucuronidase | − | na | na | na |
α-glucosidase | + | na | na | na |
N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase | + | na | na | na |
Indole | − | na | na | na |
Esterase | + | na | na | na |
Esterase lipase | + | na | na | na |
Naphthyl-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase | − | na | na | na |
Phenylalanine arylamidase | − | na | na | na |
Leucine arylamidase | − | na | na | na |
Cystine arylamidase | − | na | na | na |
Valine arylamidase | − | na | na | na |
Glycine arylamidase | − | na | na | na |
Utilization of | ||||
D-mannose | − | − | na | + |
Amygdalin | + | − | na | v |
L-Arabinose | − | − | + | + |
Cellobiose | + | − | na | + |
Lactose | + | − | + | + |
D-xylose | − | −/w | na | + |
Glucose | + | na | + | + |
Mannitol | − | na | + | + |
Arabinose | − | na | + | + |
Xylose | − | na | + | + |
Glycerol | − | na | + | + |
D-Galactose | − | na | na | + |
Starch | + | na | na | + |
Habitat | gorilla gut | soil | soil and lowland marshes | environment and fish gut |