Bacillus infernus

Bacillus infernus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Division:	Firmicutes
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Bacillaceae
Genus:	Bacillus
Species:	B. infernus
Binomial name
	Bacillus infernus;

Bacillus infernus is a thermophilic, strictly anaerobic bacterium of the genus Bacillus that lives in deep terrestrial subsurface areas. It was first isolated in depths of 2.65 kilometres (1.65 mi) to 2.77 kilometres (1.72 mi) in the Taylorsville Triassic Basin in Virginia, and grew well at 50 °C (122 °F) but not at 40° or 65°C.^[1]

Popular culture

Bacillus infernus serves as a plot device in the 2008 miniseries remake of The Andromeda Strain.

References

^ Boone, David R.; et al. (July 1995). "Bacillus infernus sp. nov., an Fe(III)- and Mn(IV)-Reducing Anaerobe from the Deep Terrestrial Subsurface" (PDF). International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 45 (3): 441–448. doi:10.1099/00207713-45-3-441. PMID 8590670.

Aldrich, Henry. "Microbe from the Deep". Microbe Zoo. Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology.

External links

Type strain of Bacillus infernus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

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[1] Boone, David R.; et al. (July 1995). "Bacillus infernus sp. nov., an Fe(III)- and Mn(IV)-Reducing Anaerobe from the Deep Terrestrial Subsurface" (PDF). International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 45 (3): 441–448. doi:10.1099/00207713-45-3-441. PMID 8590670.

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