Geobacillus jurassicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Bacillota |
Class: | Bacilli |
Order: | Bacillales |
Family: | Bacillaceae |
Genus: | Geobacillus |
Species: | G. jurassicus
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Binomial name | |
Geobacillus jurassicus Nazina et al. 2005 emend. Coorevits et al. 2012
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Geobacillus jurassicus is a thermophilic bacterium first isolated from a high-temperature petroleum reservoir.[1][2] It is aerobic, gram-positive, rod-shaped, moderately thermophilic, chemoorganotrophic, and endospore-forming, with type species DS1T (=VKM B-2301T, =DSM 15726T).