Geobacillus jurassicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Firmicutess |
Class: | Bacillis |
Order: | Bacillales |
Family: | Bacillaceae |
Genus: | Geobacillus |
Species: |
Geobacillus jurassicus Nazina et al. 2005 emend. Coorevits et al. 2012 |
Geobacillus jurassicus is a thermophilic bacterium first isolated from a high-temperature petroleum reservoir. It is aerobic, gram-positive, rod-shaped, moderately thermophilic, chemoorganotrophic, and endospore-forming, with type species DS1T (=VKM B-2301T, =DSM 15726T).