Bacillus cereus F
Classification
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Description and Significance
Bacillus cereus F is a strain related to the widely known Bacillus cereus species. This is a gram positive, rod shaped, spore forming species and usually aerobic or facultatively anaerobic. This strain of the organism is important because of its surprising location when found and its presumed age. The viable strain 'F' of Bacillus cereus was found in the permafrost of the Mammoth Mountain in Siberia and is aged to be a bout 3 million years old. This is a great example to be studied for low-temperature adaptations.
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Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle
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Ecology and Pathogenesis
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Author
Page authored by _____, student of Prof. Bradley Tolar at UNC Wilmington.