Editing Bacillus (section)

== Characteristics of ''Bacillus'' spp. ==
S.I. Paul et al. (2021)<ref name="Paul_2021">{{cite journal | vauthors = Paul SI, Rahman MM, Salam MA, Khan MA, Islam MT |date=2021-12-15|title=Identification of marine sponge-associated bacteria of the Saint Martin's island of the Bay of Bengal emphasizing on the prevention of motile Aeromonas septicemia in Labeo rohita |journal= Aquaculture |volume=545 |pages=737156 |doi=10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737156 |bibcode=2021Aquac.54537156P }}</ref> isolated and identified multiple strains of ''[[Bacillus subtilis]]'' (strains WS1A,<ref>{{cite journal | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MK910097.1/ | title = Bacillus subtilis strain WS1A | journal = GenBank | date = 19 May 2019 | publisher = U.S. National Library of Medicine }}</ref> YBS29,<ref>{{cite journal | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MT605348.1/| title = Bacillus subtilis strain YBS29 | journal = GenBank | date = 19 June 2020 | publisher = U.S. National Library of Medicine }}</ref> KSP163A,<ref>{{cite journal | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MK910103.1/ | title = Bacillus subtilis strain KSP163A | journal = GenBank | date = 19 May 2019 | publisher = U.S. National Library of Medicine }}</ref> OA122,<ref>{{cite journal | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MT611945.1/ | title = Bacillus subtilis strain OA122 | journal = GenBank | date = 20 June 2020 | publisher = U.S. National Library of Medicine }}</ref> ISP161A,<ref>{{cite journal | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MT611943.1/ | title = Bacillus subtilis strain ISP161A | journal = GenBank | date = 20 June 2020 | publisher = U.S. National Library of Medicine }}</ref> OI6,<ref>{{cite journal | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MT605347.1/ | title = Bacillus subtilis strain OI6 | journal = GenBank | date = 19 June 2020 | publisher = U.S. National Library of Medicine }}</ref> WS11,<ref>{{cite journal | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MK910101.1/ | title = Bacillus subtilis strain WS11 | journal = GenBank | date = 19 May 2019 | publisher = U.S. National Library of Medicine }}</ref> KSP151E,<ref>{{cite journal | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MT605346.1/ | title = Bacillus subtilis strain KSP151E | journal = GenBank | date = 19 June 2020 | publisher = U.S. National Library of Medicine }}</ref> and S8,<ref>{{cite journal | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MT611946.1/ | title = Bacillus subtilis strain S8 | journal = GenBank | date = 20 June 2020 | publisher = U.S. National Library of Medicine }}</ref>) from [[Sponge|marine sponges]] of the [[St. Martin's Island|Saint Martin's Island]] Area of the [[Bay of Bengal]], [[Bangladesh]]. Based on their study, colony, morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics of ''Bacillus'' spp. are shown in the Table below.<ref name="Paul_2021" />
{| class="wikitable"
! Test type
! Test
! Characteristics
|-
| rowspan="4" |Colony characters
|Size
|Medium
|-
|Type
|Round
|-
|Color
|Whitish
|-
|Shape
|Convex
|-
|Morphological characters
|Shape
|Rod
|-
| rowspan="2" |Physiological characters
|Motility
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
|Growth at 6.5% NaCl
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
| rowspan="12" |Biochemical characters
|Gram's staining
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
|Oxidase
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|Catalase
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
|Oxidative-Fermentative
|O/F
|-
|Motility
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
|Methyl Red
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
|Voges-Proskauer
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|Indole
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|H<sub>2</sub>S Production
|<nowiki>+/–</nowiki>
|-
|Urease
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|Nitrate reductase
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
|β-Galactosidase
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
| rowspan="6" |Hydrolysis of
|Gelatin
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
|Aesculin
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
|Casein
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
|Tween 40
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
|Tween 60
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
|Tween 80
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
| rowspan="13" |Acid production from
|Glycerol
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
|Galactose
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
|D-Glucose
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
|D-Fructose
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
|D-Mannose
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
|Mannitol
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
|N-Acetylglucosamine
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
|Amygdalin
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
|Maltose
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
|D-Melibiose
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
|D-Trehalose
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
|Glycogen
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|-
|D-Turanose
|<nowiki>+</nowiki>
|}
Note: + = Positive, – =Negative, O= Oxidative, F= Fermentative