Bacillus coahuilensis

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | genus = Bacillus | species = coahuilensis | authority = Cerritos ''et al.'', 2008 }}

'''''Bacillus coahuilensis''''' is a rod-shaped, [[Gram-positive]], [[motile]], [[spore]]-forming [[bacterium]]. A moderate [[halophile]], this species was isolated in 2008 from water samples taken from a highly [[saline water|saline]] desert lagoon in [[Coahuila]], [[Mexico]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Cerritos|first=R.|author2=Vinuesa, P.|author3=Eguiarte, L. E.|author4=Herrera-Estrella, L.|author5=Alcaraz-Peraza, L. D.|author6=Arvizu-Gomez, J. L.|author7=Olmedo, G.|author8=Ramirez, E.|author9=Siefert, J. L.|author10=Souza, V.|title=Bacillus coahuilensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic species from a desiccation lagoon in the Cuatro Cienegas Valley in Coahuila, Mexico|journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology|date=1 April 2008|volume=58|issue=4|pages=919–923|doi=10.1099/ijs.0.64959-0|pmid=18398195|doi-access=free |bibcode=2008IJSEM..58..919C }}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://bacdive.dsmz.de/index.php?search=1280&submit=Search Type strain of ''Bacillus coahuilensis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase]

[[Category:Bacillus|coahuilensis]] [[Category:Bacteria described in 2008]]