Virgibacillus chiguensis

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Virgibacillus chiguensis
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V. chiguensis
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Virgibacillus chiguensis
Wang et al. 2008

Virgibacillus chiguensis is a bacterium. It is Gram-positive, rod-shaped, motile, endospore-forming and halophilic, with NTU-101T (=BCRC 17637T =CGMCC 1.6496T) as the type strain. [1]

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References

  1. Wang, C.-Y.; Chang, C.-C.; Ng, C. C.; Chen, T.-W.; Shyu, Y.-T. (2008). "Virgibacillus chiguensis sp. nov., a novel halophilic bacterium isolated from Chigu, a previously commercial saltern located in southern Taiwan". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 58 (2): 341–345. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.64996-0 . ISSN   1466-5026. PMID   18218928.

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