Bacillus halodurans
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| Species: | B. halodurans
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| Bacillus halodurans (ex Boyer et al. 1973) Nielsen et al. 1995[1]
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Bacillus halodurans is a rod-shaped,
bacterium found in soil. In a genomic comparison with Bacillus subtilis, B. halodurans strain C-125 - originally an unclassified Bacillus strain[2] - was found to contain unique genes and sigma factors that may have aided its adaptation to more alkaline environments.[3]
This species has been recently transferred into the genus Alkalihalobacillus. [4] The correct nomenclature is Alkalihalobacillus halodurans.
Bacteriocin production
B. halodurans produces a
lantibiotic and could be produced in large quantities by solid state fermentation.[5]
Genome structure
B. halodurans has a genome that contains 4.2 Mbp with 4,066 protein coding genes.[3][6]
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