''Halobacillus'' is a bacterial genus from the family of

Bacillaceae The Bacillaceae are a family of gram-positive, heterotrophic, rod-shaped bacteria that may produce endospores. Motile members of this family are characterized by peritrichous flagella. Some Bacillaceae are aerobic, while others are facultati ...

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/ref> ''Halobacillus'' species are gram positive, oxidase positive, catalase negative, rod shaped marine bacteria. S.I. Paul et al. (2021) isolated and characterized two species of ''Halobacillus'' ('' Halobacillus kuroshimensis'' and ''

Halobacillus karajensis ''Halobacillus karajensis'' is a species of bacteria. It is halophilic, Gram-positive, spore-forming, strictly aerobic and rod-shaped. Its type strain is MA-2T (=DSM 14948T =LMG 21515T). ''Halobacillus karajensis'' is commonly found in marine env ...

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of the

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. Single colonies are pin headed (very small) in sized and opaque in color.

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