Brevibacillus centrosporus
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Phylum Firmicutes, Class Bacilli, Order Bacillales, Family Paenibacillaceae, Genus Brevibacillus, Brevibacillus centrosporus
(Nakamura 1993) Shida et al. 1996.
Historical synonyms:
Bacillus centrosporus Ford 1916, Bacillus centrosporus (ex Ford
1916) Nakamura 1993.
Gram positive, motile (peritrichous flagella) rods, 0.5-1.0 x 2.0-6.0 µm. Produces
ellipsoidal spores, swelling the sporangia. The spores do not tend to lie centrally in
the sporangia.
Grows on routine media (nutrient agar, TSA): nonpigmented, translucent, thin,
smooth, colonies of 2-3 mm in diameter. Aerobic. No anaerobic growth.
Maximum temperature 40 ºC; minimum temperature 10 ºC; optimum 28 ºC.
No growth in 3% NaCl. No growth at pH 5.6 or 9.
Isolated from child’s feces, clinical specimens, spinach and estuarine seagrass rhizosphere.
No growth in 0.001% lysozyme.
Isolated from clinical specimens.
  1. Priest F.G., 2009. Genus I. Paenibacillus Ash, Priest and Collins 1994. In: (Eds.) P.D. Vos, G. Garrity, D. Jones, N.R. Krieg, W.
    Ludwig, F.A. Rainey, K.-H. Schleifer, W.B. Whitman. Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume 3: The Firmicutes,
    Springer, 305-316.
  2. Shida O., Takagi H., Kadowaki K. and Komagata K. , 1996. Proposal for Two New Genera, Brevibacillus gen. nov. and
    Aneurinibacillus gen. nov. IJSB 46, 4, 939-946.
  3. Nakamura L.K., 1993. DNA Relatedness of Bacillus brevis Migula 1900 Strains and Proposal of Bacillus agri sp. nov., nom. rev.,
    and Bacillus centrosporus sp. nov., nom. rev. IJSB 43, 1, 20-25.
Positive results for catalase, hydrolysis of tyrosine, acid production from: N-acetylglucosamine, cellobiose, glucose, mannitol,
rhamnose, ribose & sucrose.

Negative results for hydrolysis of casein, H
2S production, hydrolysis of gelatin, hydrolysis of starch, hydrolysis of urea, indole
production, ONPG, oxidase, Voges-Proskauer, acid production from: arabinose, D-fructose, galactose, lactose, maltose, mannose,
salicin, sorbitol, tagatose, trehalose, turanose & xylose.

Variable results for citrate, nitrate reduction & acid production from glycerol.
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