Geobacillus jurassicus
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| Geobacillus jurassicus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Bacillales |
| Family: | Bacillaceae |
| Genus: | Geobacillus |
| Species: | G. jurassicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Geobacillus jurassicus Nazina et al. 2005 emend. Coorevits et al. 2012 | |
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).
