Oceanobacillus is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped and motile bacteria genus from the family of Bacillaceae with a peritrichous flagella.UniProt Oceanobacillus species are commonly found in saline environment.
Characteristics of Oceanobacillus spp. S.I. Paul et al. (2021) isolated and characterized four species of the genus Oceanobacillus from marine sponges of the Saint Martin's Island Area of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. Colony, morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics of Oceanobacillus spp. are shown in the Table below. Test type Test CharacteristicsColony charactersSizeSmall/MediumTypeRoundColorCreamyShapeConvexMorphological charactersShapeRodPhysiological charactersMotility+Growth at 6.5% NaCl+Biochemical charactersGram's staining+Oxidase+Catalase+Oxidative-FermentativeO/FMotility+Methyl Red–Voges-Proskauer–Indole–H2S Production–Urease–Nitrate reductase+/–β-Galactosidase+/–Hydrolysis ofGelatin+/–Aesculin+/–Casein+/–Tween 40+Tween 60+Tween 80+/–Acid production fromGlycerol+/–Galactose+/–D-Glucose+D-Fructose+D-Mannose+Mannitol+/–N-Acetylglucosamine+Amygdalin+/–Maltose+D-Melibiose+/–D-Trehalose+Glycogen+/–D-Turanose+ Note: + = Positive, – =Negative, O = Oxidative, F = Fermentative
Phylogeny The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220 Unassigned species: "O. aidingensis" Liu & Yang 2014 "O. cibarius" Roh 2007q "O. gochujangensis" Jang et al. 2014 "O. halophilum" Tang et al. 2014 non Amoozegar et al. 2016 "O. sediminis" Zhao et al. 2022
See also List of Bacteria genera List of bacterial orders
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