Kingdom Bacteria Family Bacillaceae Genus Bacillus Order Bacillales | Class Bacilli Phylum Firmicutes Rank Species | |
Similar Bacillus, Bacillales, Hydrogenobacter thermophilus, Bacillus infernus, Bacillus fastidiosus | ||
Bacillus schlegelii is a Gram-positive species of bacteria. Strains of this species were originally isolated from a lake (Le Loclat) near St-Blaise, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The species is thermophilic; strains isolated from soil in Antarctica were found to grow at temperatures between 59 and 72° C.
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