Kingdom Bacteria Order Bacillales Genus Bacillus Higher classification Bacillus | Phylum Firmicutes Family Bacillaceae Scientific name Bacillus halodurans Rank Species | |
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Similar Bacillus, Bacteria, Aquifex aeolicus, Thermotogae, Aeropyrum pernix | ||
Bacillus halodurans is a rod-shaped, Gram-positive, motile and spore-forming bacterium found in soil. In a genomic comparison with Bacillus subtilis, B. halodurans strain C-125 - originally an unclassified Bacillus strain - was found to contain unique genes and sigma factors that may have aided its adaptation to more alkaline environments.
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Bacteriocin production
B. halodurans produces a bacteriocin, haloduracin, that may be useful as a lantibiotic and could be produced in large quantities by solid state fermentation.
Genome structure
B. halodurans has a genome that contains 4.2 Mbp with 4,066 protein coding genes.
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