Taxon Profile: Bacillus thermoantarcticus

Taxonomy details

Context

Taxon Id
118022
Authority
Unknown or not entered.
Naming Status
Currently accepted name
Status
Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
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Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.

Hierarchy

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Kingdom
Bacteria
Phylum
Firmicutes
Class
Bacilli
Order
Bacillales
Family
Bacillaceae
Genus
Bacillus
Taxon

Profile

Latest Taxonomic scrutiny
Dave Watts on 20-Apr-2009
Reference Site/Paper in which the taxon name was checked
Nicolaus, B., Lama, L., Esposito, E., Manca, M.C., Di Prisco, G., and Gambacorta, A. (1996) Bacillus thermoantarcticus sp. nov., from Mount Melbourne, Antarctica: a novel thermophilic species. Polar Biology 16 101-104. Source is Nisc

Species Profile:

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Type Locality
The actual location of the first recorded specimen 		Mt Melbourne

Reference: - Nicolaus, B., Lama, L., Esposito, E., Manca, M.C., Di Prisco, G., and Gambacorta, A. (1996) Bacillus thermoantarcticus sp. nov., from Mount Melbourne, Antarctica: a novel thermophilic species. Polar Biology 16 101-104. Source is Nisc