Bacillus altitudinis explained

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 41KF2b^T (=MTCC 7306^T =JCM 13350^T).^[1]

Further reading

• Esakkiraj. Palanichamy. Usha. Rajamony. Palavesam. Arunachalam. Immanuel. Grasian. Solid-state production of esterase using fish processing wastes by Bacillus altitudinis AP-MSU. Food and Bioproducts Processing. 90. 3. 2012. 370–376. 0960-3085. 10.1016/j.fbp.2011.12.008.
• Mao. Shurui. Lu. Zhaoxin. Zhang. Chong. Lu. Fengxia. Bie. Xiaomei. Purification, Characterization, and Heterologous Expression of a Thermostable β-1,3-1,4-Glucanase from Bacillus altitudinis YC-9. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. Feb 2013. 169. 3. 960–975. 10.1007/s12010-012-0064-3. 23292246. 23942607.
• Sreeja, S. J., et al. "Optimization of cellulase production by Bacillus altitudinis APS MSU and Bacillus licheniformis APS2 MSU, gut isolates of fish Etroplus suratensis." (2013).
• Sunar. Kiran. Dey. Pannalal. Chakraborty. Usha. Chakraborty. Bishwanath. Biocontrol efficacy and plant growth promoting activity of Bacillus altitudinisisolated from Darjeeling hills, India. Journal of Basic Microbiology. 2013. 91–104. 0233-111X. 10.1002/jobm.201300227. 55. 23996212. 206135094.

External links

• • LPSN
• Type strain of Bacillus altitudinis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Shivaji. S.. Bacillus aerius sp. nov., Bacillus aerophilus sp. nov., Bacillus stratosphericus sp. nov. and Bacillus altitudinis sp. nov., isolated from cryogenic tubes used for collecting air samples from high altitudes. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56. 7. 2006. 1465–1473. 1466-5026. 10.1099/ijs.0.64029-0. 16825614. free.