CHARACTERIZATION OF SOME THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA FROM THE HOT SPRINGS OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

Abstract
24 cultures?: of thermophilic bacteria were isolated from the thermal areas of the Park and characterized along with 6 similar strains obtained from the National Canners Assoc. Most of the strains closely resembled Bacillus stearothermophilus. but 8 strains appeared to represent a group intermediate between B. stearothermophilus and B.coagulans, and may be a new species. The use of lysozyme action as an aid in taxonomic studies was introduced.
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