Bacillus pumilus, Meyer & Gottheil, 1901

Gyeong, Hyeryeon, Yoon, Jung-Hoon, Cha, Chang-Jun, Kim, Wonyong, Im, Wan-Taek, Kim, Seung Bum, Kim, Myung Kyum, Kim, Dong-Uk & Seo, Taegun Seo and Myung-Ji, 2025, A report of 32 unrecorded bacterial species belonging to the phylum Bacillota in Korea, Journal of Species Research 14 (2), pp. 189-199 : 190-194

Description of Bacillus pumilus SBCC-2286

Cells are Gram-staining positive and rods with flagella.

Colonies are circular to irregular, flat cream colored after 3-5 days of incubation at 25℃ on MA. Negative for nitrate reduction, indole production, glucose fermentation, arginine dihydrolase, urease activities. Positive for esculin hydrolysis, gelatinase, and β -galactosidase activity. Utilizes D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-mannose, D-mannitol, N- acetyl-glucosamine, D-maltose, malic acid, and trisodium citrate. Does not utilize capric acid, adipic acid, and phenylacetic acid. Strain SBCC-2286 (NIBRBAC000510511)

was isolated from tidal flat from Taean , Chungcheongnam-do, Korea (36°53 ʹ 17 ʺ N 126°19 ʹ 39 ʺ E) .