| NCIMB number | NCIMB 9218 |
| Deposit type | Bacteria |
| Type strain | No |
| GMO | No |
| Taxon name | Bacillus cohnii |
| Depositor designation | RU38 |
| Preservation method | Lyophilised |
| Other catalogue information | Obligate alkalophile - capable of growth at pH 11.0 |
| Price band | A |
| Media | 051 |
| Gas regime | aerobic |
| Growth factors (and/or information) | Capable of growth at pH 11.0 CM3, 30C, 1d: good growth |
| ACDP category | 1 |
| Colony Edge | Entire |
| Colony Surface | Smooth |
| Colony Shape | Circular |
| Colony Elevation | Flat |
| Colony Colour | Pink |
| Colony Opacity | Translucent |
| Cellular Shape | Rod |
| Cellular Size | medium |
| Cellular Motility | Yes |
| Gram stain | Gram Negative |
| Cell inclusion bodies | Spores |
| Cellular (Other) | Straight Axis, Parallel Sides, Rounded Ends |
| Depositor Name | M.E.Chislett |
| Depositor Company | Reading University |
| Depositor Address | Reading Berkshire U.K. |
| Source | Cholera medium - contamination on agar plate with high pH value |
| Date of Accession | 08/11/1960 |
| History | D.Kushner |
| Other collection IDs | ATCC19439 DSM2528 |
| Yeast? | False |
| K12 | No |
| References | Chislett M.E. and Kushner D.J. (1961) J. gen. Microbiol. 24 pp187-190 Chislett M.E. and Kushner D.J. (1961) J. gen. Microbiol. 25 pp151-156 IJSB (1993) 43:150 -156 Bacillus cohnii sp. nov., a new obligately alkaliiphilic, oval spore forming Bacillus species with ornithine and aspartic acid instead of diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall Microbiology (1995) 141, 1745-1761 K Hamana and M Niitsu J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 45. Production of 2-phenylethylamine by decarboxylation of L-phenylalanine in alkaliphilic Bacillus cohnii 149-153 (1999) Taxonomy of alkaliphilic Bacillus strains, Int J Syst Bacteriol 40, 92-97, 1990 The Bacillus firmus-Bacillus lentus complex and pH 7.0 variants of some alkalophilic strains, J Gen Microbiol 128, 1109-1116, 1982 Bacillus cohnii sp. nov., a new, obligately alkaliphilic, oval-spore-forming Bacillus species with ornithine and aspartic acid instead of diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall, Int J Syst Bacteriol 43(1), 150-156, 1993 A strain of Bacillus circulans capable of growing under highly alkaline conditions, J Gen Microbiol 24, 187-190, 1961 Germination under alkaline conditions and transmission of alkali resistance by endospores of certain strains of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus circulans, J Gen Microbiol 25, 151-156, 1961 |
| NCIMB number | NCIMB 9218 |
| Deposit type | Bacteria |
| Type strain | No |
| GMO | No |
| Taxon name | Bacillus cohnii |
| Depositor designation | RU38 |
| Preservation method | Lyophilised |
| Other catalogue information | Obligate alkalophile - capable of growth at pH 11.0 |
| Price band | A |
| Media | 051 |
| Gas regime | aerobic |
| Growth factors (and/or information) | Capable of growth at pH 11.0 CM3, 30C, 1d: good growth |
| ACDP category | 1 |
| Colony Edge | Entire |
| Colony Surface | Smooth |
| Colony Shape | Circular |
| Colony Elevation | Flat |
| Colony Colour | Pink |
| Colony Opacity | Translucent |
| Cellular Shape | Rod |
| Cellular Size | medium |
| Cellular Motility | Yes |
| Gram stain | Gram Negative |
| Cell inclusion bodies | Spores |
| Cellular (Other) | Straight Axis, Parallel Sides, Rounded Ends |
| Depositor Name | M.E.Chislett |
| Depositor Company | Reading University |
| Depositor Address | Reading Berkshire U.K. |
| Source | Cholera medium - contamination on agar plate with high pH value |
| Date of Accession | 08/11/1960 |
| History | D.Kushner |
| Other collection IDs | ATCC19439 DSM2528 |
| Yeast? | False |
| K12 | No |
| References | Chislett M.E. and Kushner D.J. (1961) J. gen. Microbiol. 24 pp187-190 Chislett M.E. and Kushner D.J. (1961) J. gen. Microbiol. 25 pp151-156 IJSB (1993) 43:150 -156 Bacillus cohnii sp. nov., a new obligately alkaliiphilic, oval spore forming Bacillus species with ornithine and aspartic acid instead of diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall Microbiology (1995) 141, 1745-1761 K Hamana and M Niitsu J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 45. Production of 2-phenylethylamine by decarboxylation of L-phenylalanine in alkaliphilic Bacillus cohnii 149-153 (1999) Taxonomy of alkaliphilic Bacillus strains, Int J Syst Bacteriol 40, 92-97, 1990 The Bacillus firmus-Bacillus lentus complex and pH 7.0 variants of some alkalophilic strains, J Gen Microbiol 128, 1109-1116, 1982 Bacillus cohnii sp. nov., a new, obligately alkaliphilic, oval-spore-forming Bacillus species with ornithine and aspartic acid instead of diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall, Int J Syst Bacteriol 43(1), 150-156, 1993 A strain of Bacillus circulans capable of growing under highly alkaline conditions, J Gen Microbiol 24, 187-190, 1961 Germination under alkaline conditions and transmission of alkali resistance by endospores of certain strains of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus circulans, J Gen Microbiol 25, 151-156, 1961 |