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Table 2. Differential phenotypic characteristics between B. massilioalgeriensis sp. nov. strain EB01T and phylogenetically close Bacillus species†.

From: Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Bacillus algeriensis sp. nov.

Characteristic

B. ma

B. su

B. fo

B. je

B. th

B. bo

B. ba

B. ne

B. kr

Cell-diameter(µm)

0.7–1.1

0.5–0.8

1

0.8–1.1

0.5–0.7

0.5–0.9

0.7–1.2

1

1.4–2.0

Oxygen requirement

facultative anaerobic

facultative anaerobic

aerobic

facultative anaerobic

aerobic

na

facultative anaerobic

facultative anaerobic

aerobic

Gram strain

+

−

+

V

V

+

+ or V

+

+

NaCl range (%,w/v)

0–2.5

0–9

0–3

0–13

0–5

0–7

na

0–8

0–6

Motility

+

+

na

+

+

+

+

+

+

Endospore formation

+

−

−

+

+

+

+

+

+

Production of

         

Alkaline phosphatase

+

na

na

na

na

+

na

na

na

Acid phosphatase

w

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

Catalase

+

+

+

+

+

+

na

+

+

Oxidase

−

−

+

−

−

+

na

na

−

Nitrate reductase

+

+

+

+

+

−

+

−

−

Urease

−

−

+

+

−

−

−

−

−

α-galactosidase

−

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

β-galactosidase

−

−

+

na

na

−

na

+

na

β-glucuronidase

+

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

+

N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase

+

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

Indole

−

−

na

−

−

−

−

−

na

Esterase

+

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

+

Esterase lipase

+

na

na

na

na

w

na

na

+

Naphthyl-AS-BI-Phosphohydrolase

-

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

+

Leucine arylamidase

+

na

na

na

na

+

na

na

na

Cystine arylamidase

−

na

na

na

na

w

na

na

na

Valine arylamidase

−

na

na

na

na

w

na

na

+

Utilization of

         

D-mannose

−

−

+

−

−

+

+

+

−

Amygdalin

−

na

+

−

−

+

w

−

na

L-Arabinose

−

−

+

−

na

na

−

+

−

Cellobiose

−

−

+

+

na

+

+

+

+

Lactose

w

−

+

−

na

na

+

+

+

D-xylose

−

+

+

−

na

na

−

+

+

D-Glucose

w

+

+

+

+

na

+

+

+

Mannitol

−

−

+

−

−

na

+

+

na

Arabinose

−

−

+

−

−

na

−

−

na

L-Xylose

−

+

+

−

na

na

−

na

+

Glycerol

−

+

+

−

na

+

w

+

−

D-Galactose

−

−

+

−

na

na

+

+

na

Hydrolysis of

         

Starch

w

+

+

+

na

na

v

+

−

Gelatin

−

+

+

+

w

−

+

−

+

G+C content (mol%)

42,22

43±1

43,1

41

43,8

41,1-42,2

39,6

na

43,3

Habitat

hyersaline sediment

deep subterranean thermal waters

alkaline ground water

fermented seafood

wastewater treatment culture system

soil

soil

spacecraft-assembly facility

soil

  1. †(Bacillus subterraneus strain COOI3BT, Bacillus foraminis strain CV53T, Bacillus jeotgali strain YKJ-10T, Bacillus thioparans strain BMP-1T, Bacillus boroniphilus strain T-15ZT, Bacillus bataviensis strain IDA1115T, Bacillus nealsonii strain FO-92T, Bacillus kribbensis strain BT080T).
  2. B. massilioalgeriensis (B. ma), B. subterraneus (B. su), B. foraminis (B. fo), B. jeotgali (B. je), B. thioparans (B. th), B. boroniphilus (B. bo), B. bataviensis (B. ba), B. nealsonii (B. ne) and B. kribbensis (B. kr).
  3. +: positive result, −: negative result, var: variable, w: weak positive result, na: data not available.