Bacillus subtilis, also known as the hay bacillus or grass bacillus, is a Gram-positive, catalase-positive bacterium found in soil and in the gastrointestinal tract of ruminants, humans, and marine sponges. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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1. Bacillus subtilis (Wikipedia)
Introduction
Bacillus subtilis, known also as the hay bacillus or grass bacillus, is a Gram-positive, catalase-positive bacterium, found in soil and the gastrointestinal tract of ruminants, humans, and marine sponges.
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B. subtilis is considered the best-studied Gram-positive bacterium and a model organism to study bacterial chromosome replication and cell differentiation.
- In Biome: Marine, Wikipedia intro: "catalase-positive bacterium, found in soil and the gastrointestinal tract of ruminants, humans, and marine sponges. Bacillus subtilis is motile and amylase-posi..."
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3. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Bacillus subtilis
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 10826006, category fieldQuote, GBIF taxon key 10826006, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Wikidata: Bacillus subtilis
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