Halalkalibacterium halodurans
Species of bacterium
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Bacillus halodurans is a rod-shaped, Gram-positive, motile and spore-forming bacterium found in soil. In a genomic comparison with Bacillus subtilis, B. halodurans strain C-125 - originally an unclassified Bacillus strain[2] - was found to contain unique genes and sigma factors that may have aided its adaptation to more alkaline environments.[3]
| Halalkalibacterium halodurans | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Bacillales |
| Family: | Bacillaceae |
| Genus: | Halalkalibacterium |
| Species: | H. halodurans |
| Binomial name | |
| Halalkalibacterium halodurans (Nielsen et al. 1995 ex Boyer et al. 1973) Joshi et al. 2022 | |
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This species has been recently transferred into the genus Alkalihalobacillus. [4] The correct nomenclature is Alkalihalobacillus halodurans.
Bacteriocin production
B. halodurans produces a bacteriocin, haloduracin, that may be useful as a lantibiotic and could be produced in large quantities by solid state fermentation.[5]
