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Bacillus boroniphilus

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Kingdom
  
Bacteria

Class
  
Bacilli

Family
  
Bacillaceae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Firmicutes

Order
  
Bacillales

Genus
  
Bacillus

Similar
  
Bacillus infernus, Bacillus odysseyi, Bacillus fastidiosus

Bacillus boroniphilus is a species of highly boron-tolerant bacterium, hence its name. It is Gram-positive, motile, and rod-shaped, with type strain T-15ZT (DSM 17376T = IAM 15287T = ATCC BAA-1204T). Its genome has been sequenced.

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Bacillus boroniphilus Wikipedia