A New Species of the Genus Bacillus Exhibiting Mobile Colonies on the Surface of Nutrient Agar
- 1 March 1935
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 29 (3) , 229-237
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.29.3.229-237.1935
Abstract
An unusual organism, Bacillus rotans (p.234), has been observed on agar plates streaked with the excreta of termites. Young colonies exhibit either a rapid migratory mobility or a rotary motion when they are growing on the surface of nutrient agar. While the mobility is strongly suggestive of that in the Myxobacteriales, the absence of fructifications and the ability to form endo-spores and flagella justify introduction of the organism into the genus Bacillus.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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