Domain Bacteria Class Bacilli Family Bacillaceae Rank Species | Division Firmicutes Order Bacillales Genus Bacillus | |
Similar Bacillus pumilus, Brevibacillus brevis, Paenibacillus polymyxa, Bacillus firmus, Bacillus megaterium | ||
Bacillus circulans is a soil-dwelling human pathogen which has been associated with "septicemia, mixed abscess infections, and wound infections", as well as with meningitis.
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Staining
Gram-positive, Gram-variable or Gram-negative. Positive spore stain result.
Vegetative cell
Straight, occasionally curved rods, 2.0-4.2 x 0.5-0.8 μm, motile by peritrichous flagella.
Spores
Has ellipsoidal spores which are subterminal or terminal; swelling the sporangia. These are "centrally located" and either cylindrical or "Kidney-shaped".
References
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