Bacillus nealsonii

Bacillus nealsonii is a species of bacteria first isolated from a spacecraft-assembly facility. Its spores are γ-radiation resistant. It is Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped and produces endospores. Its type strain is FO-92^T (=ATCC BAA-519^T =DSM 15077^T).[1]

Bacillus nealsonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Firmicutes
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Bacillaceae
Genus:	Bacillus
Species:	B. nealsonii
Binomial name
Bacillus nealsonii Venkateswaran et al. 2003

References

1. Venkateswaran, K. (2003). "Bacillus nealsonii sp. nov., isolated from a spacecraft-assembly facility, whose spores are gamma-radiation resistant". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53 (1): 165–172. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02311-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 12656168.

Further reading

• Peak, K. Kealy; Duncan, Kathleen E.; Luna, Vicki A.; King, Debra S.; McCarthy, Peter J.; Cannons, Andrew C. (2011). "Bacillus Strains Most Closely Related to Bacillus nealsonii Are Not Effectively Circumscribed within the Taxonomic Species Definition". International Journal of Microbiology. 2011: 1–13. doi:10.1155/2011/673136. ISSN 1687-918X. PMC 3199179.
• Chauhan, Prakram Singh; Sharma, Prince; Puri, Neena; Gupta, Naveen (2014). "Purification and characterization of an alkali-thermostable β-mannanase from Bacillus nealsonii PN-11 and its application in mannooligosaccharides preparation having prebiotic potential". European Food Research and Technology. 238 (6): 927–936. doi:10.1007/s00217-014-2170-7. ISSN 1438-2377.
• Perumal, Mohanraj; Prabakaran, J. John; Kamaraj, M. (2013). "Isolation and Characterization of Potential Cyanide Degrading Bacillus nealsonii from Different Industrial Effluents". International Journal of ChemTech Research. 5 (5).

External links

• "Bacillus nealsonii" at the Encyclopedia of Life
• LPSN
• Type strain of Bacillus nealsonii at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase