| Virgibacillus alimentarius | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Bacillales |
| Family: | Bacillaceae |
| Genus: | Virgibacillus |
| Species: | V. alimentarius |
| Binomial name | |
| Virgibacillus alimentarius Kim et al. 2011 | |
Virgibacillus alimentarius is a bacterium first isolated from a traditional Korean food, hence its name. It is Gram-positive, rod-shaped, motile, endospore-forming and halophilic, with J18 (=KACC 14624 =JCM 16994) as the type strain.
References
- Kim, J.; Jung, M.-J.; Roh, S. W.; Nam, Y.-D.; Shin, K.-S.; Bae, J.-W. (2011). "Virgibacillus alimentarius sp. nov., isolated from a traditional Korean food". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61 (12): 2851–2855. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.028191-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 21239563.
Further reading
- Da Silva, Neusely, et al. Microbiological Examination Methods of Food and Water: A Laboratory Manual. CRC Press, 2012.
- Staley, James T., et al. "Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 3."Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD (1989): 2250–2251.
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| Virgibacillus alimentarius | |
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