''Tumebacillus'' is a genus of

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 ...

rod-shaped Bacterial cellular morphologies are the shapes that are characteristic of various types of bacteria and often key to their identification. Their direct examination under a light microscope enables the classification of these bacteria (and archae ...

, spore-forming bacteria. Members of the genus can be motile or non-motile, and form white or yellow colonies on R2A agar. The genus was first proposed in 2008 from the discovery of a potentially 5000-7000 year-old bacterium from Canadian high arctic

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, which would become the type strain of the genus '' T. permanentifrigoris''. The genus name was derived from Latin ''tume'' (from ''tumefacere'', to make swollen) and ''bacillus'' (small rod), referring to the swollen sporangia produced by ''T. permanentifrigoris'' and the shape of the cells. Members of this genus have been isolated from arctic permafrost, soil samples, cassava wastewater, decomposing algal scum, river water, and the gut of a vulture. ''Tumebacillus'' was found during surveys of nasal airways of infants, an underground subway in Norway, and a mountain observatory in

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Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the

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(LPSN) and

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q26298467 Bacillales Bacteria genera

Phylogeny

See also

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