Geobacillus toebii is a thermophilic bacterium first isolated from hay compost. It is aerobic, Gram-positive, motile and rod-shaped, with type strain SK-1(T) (= KCTC 0306BP(T) - DSM 14590(T)).[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Caryophanales |
| Family: | Bacillaceae |
| Genus: | Geobacillus |
| Species: | G. toebii
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| Binomial name | |
| Geobacillus toebii Sung et al. 2002
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References
edit- ^ Sung, M. H. (2002). "Geobacillus toebii sp. nov., a novel thermophilic bacterium isolated from hay compost". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52 (6): 2251–2255. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02181-0. ISSN 1466-5026.
Further reading
edit- Kim, Kwang; Kim, Jong-Un; Masui, Ryoji; Kuramitsu, Seiki; Sung, Moon-Hee (2011). "A commensal symbiotic interrelationship for the growth of Symbiobacterium toebii with its partner bacterium, Geobacillus toebii". BMC Research Notes. 4 (1): 437. doi:10.1186/1756-0500-4-437. ISSN 1756-0500. PMC 3208422. PMID 22023733.
- Annarita Poli; Ida Romano; Gaetano Caliendo; Giancarlo Nicolaus; Pierangelo Orlando; Antonio de Falco; Licia Lama; Agata Gambacorta & Barbara Nicolaus (August 2006). "Geobacillus toebii subsp. decanicus subsp. nov., a hydrocarbon-degrading, heavy metal resistant bacterium from hot compost". The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 52 (4): 223–234. doi:10.2323/jgam.52.223. PMID 17116971.
- Banat, R. Marchant IM. "21 The Genus Geobacillus and Hydrocarbon Utilization." (2010).
External links
edit- "Geobacillus toebii" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- LPSN
- Type strain of Geobacillus toebii at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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