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Erschienen in: Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria

Herausgeberliste: Whitman, WB

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2021

eISBN: 978-1-118-96060-8

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01620

Abstract: 

Fic.ti.ba.cil'lus. L. masc. adj. fictus, false; L. masc. n. bacillus, a rod and also a bacterial generic name; N.L. masc. n. Fictibacillus, false Bacillus.

Firmicutes / Alphaproteobacteria / Bacillales / Bacillaceae / Fictibacillus

Cells of species of the genus Fictibacillus stain Gram-stain-positive or Gram-variable. Morphologically rods (0.5–1 × 2–5 μm), often found in chains. Spores are spherical to ellipsoidal and located either centrally or terminally, sometimes subterminally. Spore formation can be very sparse. Colonies appear circular and slightly irregular, smooth, glossy or sometimes matt, flat, butyrous, creamy to yellowish white, and almost opaque on nutrient-rich media. Facultatively anaerobic and catalase-negative. The polyamine pattern of the type species consists predominantly of spermidine and spermine. The major quinone is menaquinone MK-7. The polar lipid profile is composed of the major compounds DPG, PG, and PE. Glycolipids are absent. The fatty acid profile comprises mainly iso- and anteiso-branched fatty acids. The diagnostic diamino acid of the peptidoglycan is meso-diaminopimelic acid.

DNA G + C content (mol%): 39.9–46.9.

Type species: Fictibacillus barbaricus Glaeser et al. 2013^VP (basonym: Bacillus barbaricus Täubel et al. 2003^VP).

Harvard-Zitierstil: Kämpfer, P. and Glaeser, S. (2021) Fictibacillus, in Whitman, W. (ed.) Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01620

APA-Zitierstil: Kämpfer, P., & Glaeser, S. (2021). Fictibacillus. In Whitman, W. (Ed.), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01620