Bacillus schlegelii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Firmicutes |
Class: | Bacilli |
Order: | Bacillales |
Family: | Bacillaceae |
Genus: | Bacillus |
Species: | B. schlegelii |
Binomial name | |
Bacillus schlegelii Schenk and Aragno 1979 |
Bacillus schlegelii is a Gram-positive species of bacteria. Strains of this species were originally isolated from a lake (Le Loclat) near St-Blaise, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The species is thermophilic; strains isolated from soil in Antarctica were found to grow at temperatures between 59 and 72° C.