TABLE 1.
Bacillus species type strains used in this study
| Species | Identifiera (accession no.) |
|---|---|
| B. agaradhaerens | DSM 8721T |
| B. alcalophilus | DSM 485T (X76436) |
| B. amyloliquefaciens | ATCC 23350T |
| B. anthracis | ATCC 14578T |
| B. arseniciselenatis | ATCC 700614T |
| B. atrophaeus | DSM 7264T |
| B. azotoformans | DSM 1046T |
| B. badius | ATCC 14574T |
| B. benzoevorans | DSM 5391T |
| B. carboniphilus | LMG 19001T |
| B. cereus | ATCC 14579T |
| B. chitinolyticus | DSM 11030T |
| B. circulans | ATCC 4513T |
| B. clarkii | DSM 8720T |
| B. clausii | DSM 8716T |
| B. coagulans | ATCC 7050T |
| B. cohnii | DSM 6307T |
| B. decolorationis | LMG 19507T (AJ315075) |
| B. edaphicus | T7 / AF006076 |
| B. ehimensis | DSM 11029T |
| B. endophyticus | 2DTT (AF295302) |
| B. fastidiosus | DSM 91T |
| B. firmus | ATCC 14575T |
| B. flexus | DSM 1320T |
| B. fumarioli | LMG 19448T |
| B. funiculus | NAF001/AB049195 |
| B. fusiformis | DSM 2898T |
| B. gibsonii | DSM 8722T |
| B. halmapalus | DSM 8723T |
| B. haloalkaliphilus | DSM 5271T |
| B. halodenitrificans | DSM 10037T |
| B. halodurans | DSM 497T |
| B. halophilus | DSM 4771T |
| B. horikoshii | DSM 8719T |
| B. horti | DSM 12751T |
| B. infernus | DSM 10277T |
| B. insolitus | ATCC 23299T |
| B. vallismortis | DSM 11031T |
| B. vedderi | DSM 9768T |
| B. vulcani | DSM 13174T |
| B. weihenstephanensis | DSM 11921T |
| B. tusciae | DSM 2912T |
| B. jeotgali | YKJ-10T (AF221061) |
| B. laevolacticus | DSM 442T |
| B. lentus | ATCC 10840T |
| B. lichenformis | ATCC 14580T |
| B. luciferensis | LMG 19422T (AJ419629) |
| B. megaterium | ATCC 14581T |
| B. methanolicus | C1 (X64465) |
| B. mojavensis | DSM 9205T |
| B. mucilaginosus | AF006077 |
| B. mycoides | ATCC 6462T |
| B. naganoensis | DSM 10191T |
| B. nealsonii | FO-092 (AF234863) |
| B. neidei | BD-87 (AF169520) |
| B. niacini | DSM 2923T |
| B. okuhidensis | GTC854/AB047684 |
| B. oleronius | DSM 9356T |
| B. pallidus | DSM 3670T |
| B. pseudalcaliphilus | DSM 8725T |
| B. pseudofirmus | DSM 8715T |
| B. pseudomycoides | DSM 12442T |
| B. psychrodurans | DSM 11713T (AJ277984) |
| B. psychrosaccharolyticus | DSM 6T |
| B. psychrotolerans | DSM 11706T (AJ277983) |
| B. pumilus | ATCC 7061T |
| B. pycnus | NRS-1691 (AF169531) |
| B. schlegelii | ATCC 43741T (AB042060) |
| B. selenitireducens | ATCC 700615T |
| B. silvestris | DSM 12223T |
| B. simplex | DSM 1321T |
| B. siralis | DSM 13140T |
| B. smithii | DSM 4216T |
| B. sonorensis | DSM 13779T |
| B. sphaericus | ATCC 14577T |
| B. sporothermodurans | DSM 10599T |
| B. subterraneus | —b |
| B. subtilis subsp. subtilis | ATCC 6051T |
| B. subtilis subsp. spizizenii | NRRL B-23049T |
| B. thermantarcticus | M1 (AJ493665) |
| B. thermoamylovorans | LMG 19084T |
| B. thermocloaceae | DSM 5250T |
| B. thuringiensis | ATCC 10792T |
a
Abbreviations: DSM, Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures), Braunschweig, Germany; ATCC, American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, Va.; LMG, Belgian Coordinated Collections of Microorganisms, Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Universiteit Gent (RUG), Ghent, Belgium; NRRL, Northern Regional Research Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Peoria, Ill.
b
—, identifier not applicable; GenBank sequence not available.