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Compostibacillus

Compostibacillus is a Gram-positive, moderately thermophilic rod-shaped, and spore-forming genus of bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae with one known species. Compostibacillus humi has been isolated from sludge compost from Guangdong in China.

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Compostibacillus
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Bacillaceae
Genus: Compostibacillus
Yu et al. 201512
Type species
Compostibacillus humi
Yu et al. 2015
Species
  • C. humi

Compostibacillus is a Gram-positive, moderately thermophilic rod-shaped, and spore-forming genus of bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae with one known species (Compostibacillus humi).1345 Compostibacillus humi has been isolated from sludge compost from Guangdong in China.5

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References

  1. A.C. Parte; et al. "Compostibacillus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  2. C.L. Schoch; et al. "Compostibacillus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  3. "Compostibacillus". www.uniprot.org.
  4. Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (2014). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Nomenclature Abstract for Compostibacillus Yu et al. 2015". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.26272.
  5. Yu, Z; Wen, J; Yang, G; Liu, J; Zhou, S (February 2015). "Compostibacillus humi gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Bacillaceae, isolated from sludge compost". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 65 (Pt 2): 346–52. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.062869-0. PMID 25358510.