Virgibacillus proomii

Virgibacillus proomii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Division:	Firmicutes
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Bacillaceae
Genus:	Virgibacillus
Species:	V. proomii
Binomial name
	Virgibacillus proomii; Heyndrickx et al. 1999

Virgibacillus proomii is a species of Gram-positive bacteria. Strains of this species were originally isolated from soil samples in England and formerly identified as strains of . The species is named for British microbiologist Harold Proom.^[1]

References[]

^ Heyndrickx, M; Lebbe, L; Kersters, K; Hoste, B; De Wachter, R; De Vos, P; Forsyth, G; Logan, NA (Jul 1999). "Proposal of Virgibacillus proomii sp. nov. and emended description of Virgibacillus pantothenticus (Proom and Knight 1950) Heyndrickx et al. 1998". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 49 (3): 1083–90. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-3-1083. PMID 10425765.

External links[]

Type strain of Virgibacillus proomii at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

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[1] Heyndrickx, M; Lebbe, L; Kersters, K; Hoste, B; De Wachter, R; De Vos, P; Forsyth, G; Logan, NA (Jul 1999). "Proposal of Virgibacillus proomii sp. nov. and emended description of Virgibacillus pantothenticus (Proom and Knight 1950) Heyndrickx et al. 1998". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 49 (3): 1083–90. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-3-1083. PMID 10425765.

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