''Thalassobacillus devorans'' is a

Gram-positive In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall. The Gram stain is ...

, oxidase positive, catalase negative, rod shaped moderately

halophilic A halophile (from the Greek word for 'salt-loving') is an extremophile that thrives in high salt concentrations. In chemical terms, halophile refers to a Lewis acidic species that has some ability to extract halides from other chemical species. ...

and

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-degrading bacterium from the genus of ''

Thalassobacillus ''Thalassobacillus'' is a Gram-positive, oxidase positive, catalase negative, rod shaped and moderately halophilic genus of bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae. Single colonies are small (pin headed) in size.''Thalassobacillus'' bacteria pro ...

'' which has been isolated from saline sals from

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. Single colonies are small (pin headed) in size. S.I. Paul et al. (2021) isolated and biochemically characterized ''Thalassobacillus devorans'' (strains WS8, WS24, WS31) from marine

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(''Haliclona rosea'') of the

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of the

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. They can hydrolyze gelatin, Tween 40, 60 and 80. They can produce acid from Glycerol, Galactose, D-Glucose, D-Fructose, D-Mannose, Mannitol, N-Acetylglucosamine, Amygdalin, Maltose, D-Melibiose, D-Trehalose, Glycogen, D-Turanose.

References

External links

Type strain of ''Thalassobacillus devorans'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Bacillaceae Bacteria described in 2005 {{Firmicutes-stub