Article
Bacillus nealsonii sp. nov., isolated from a spacecraft-assembly facility, whose spores are gamma-radiation resistant.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jan 2003
Venkateswaran Kasthuri, Kempf Michael, Chen Fei, Satomi Masataka, Nicholson Wayne, Kern Roger
Abstract excerpt
One of the spore-formers isolated from a spacecraft-assembly facility, belonging to the genus Bacillus, is described on the basis of phenotypic characterization, 16S rDNA sequence analysis and DNA-DNA hybridization studies. It is a Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped eubacterium that produces endospores. The spores of this novel bacterial species exhibited resistance to UV, gamma-radiation, H2O2...
Topics
- Bacillus
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Disinfection
- Fatty Acids
- Gamma Rays
- Microscopy, Electron
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Bacterial