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Bacillus aerius

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Kingdom
  
Bacteria

Class
  
Bacilli

Family
  
Bacillaceae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Firmicutes

Order
  
Bacillales

Genus
  
Bacillus

Similar
  
Bacillus safensis, Bacillus odysseyi, Bacillus infernus

Bacillus aerius is a species of bacteria first isolated from cryogenic tubes used for collecting air samples from high altitudes, hence its name. Its type strain is 24KT (=MTCC 7303T =JCM 13348T).

References

Bacillus aerius Wikipedia