Desertibacillus is a Gram-positive, non-endospore-forming and rod-shaped genus of bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae with one known species (Desertibacillus haloalkaliphilus).[1][2][3] Desertibacillus haloalkaliphilus has been isolated from a saline desert from Little Rann of Kutch.[3]

Desertibacillus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Caryophanales
Family: Bacillaceae
Genus: Desertibacillus
Bhatt et al. 2017[1]
Type species
Desertibacillus haloalkaliphilus[1]
Species

D. haloalkaliphilus[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Genus: Desertibacillus". LPSN.
  2. ^ "Desertibacillus". UniProt.
  3. ^ a b Bhatt, Hitarth B.; Azmatunnisa Begum, M.; Chintalapati, Sasikala; Chintalapati, Venkata Ramana; Singh, Satya P. (1 November 2017). "Desertibacillus haloalkaliphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a saline desert". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 67 (11): 4435–4442. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.002310. PMID 28920841. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.