External links
- "Bacillus altitudinis" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- LPSN
- Type strain of Bacillus altitudinis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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Bacillus altitudinis is a species of bacteria first isolated from cryogenic tubes used for collecting air samples from high altitudes, hence its name. Its type strain is 41KF2bT (=MTCC 7306T =JCM 13350T). [1]
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