Bacillus mycoides
Species of bacterium / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bacillus mycoides is a bacterium of the genus Bacillus. Like other Bacillus species, B. mycoides is Gram positive, rod-shaped, and forms spores. B. mycoides is distinguished from other Bacillus species by its unusual growth on agar plates, where it forms expansive hairy colonies with characteristic swirls.
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Bacillus mycoides | |
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Bacillus mycoides growing clockwise on an agar plate. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Bacillota |
Class: | Bacilli |
Order: | Bacillales |
Family: | Bacillaceae |
Genus: | Bacillus |
Species: | B. mycoides |
Binomial name | |
Bacillus mycoides Flügge 1886 | |
Synonyms | |
Bacillus weihenstephanensis |
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