- Bacillus infernus
Taxobox
color = lightgrey
name = "Bacillus infernus"
regnum = Bacteria
divisio =Firmicutes
classis =Bacilli
ordo =Bacillales
familia =Bacillaceae
genus = "Bacillus "
species = "infernus"
binomial = "Bacillus infernus""Bacillus infernus" is a
thermophilic , strictly anaerobicbacterium of the genus "Bacillus " that lives in deep terrestrial subsurface areas. It was first isolated in depths of 2.65 to 2.77 km in theTaylorsville Triassic Basin inVirginia , and grew well at convert|50|°C|°F|0 but not at 40° or 65°C. [cite journal|url=http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/45/3/441.pdf|journal=International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology|month=July|year=1995|pages=441–448|volume=45|issue=3|title=Bacillus infernus sp. nov., an Fe(III)- and Mn(IV)-Reducing Anaerobe from the Deep Terrestrial Subsurface|first=David R.|last=Boone|coauthors=et.al.|pmid=8590670]Popular culture
* "Bacillus infernus" serves as a
plot device in the 2008 remake of The Andromeda Strain.References
*cite web|url=http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/microbes/binfernus.html|title=Microbe from the Deep|work=Microbe Zoo|publisher=Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology|first=Henry|last=Aldrich
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