Brevibacillus formosus (DSM 5620, NRS 910, M26)

Name: Brevibacillus formosus (DSM 5620, NRS 910, M26)
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BacDive ID 11426

Type strain

Strain Designation M26

Culture col. no. DSM 5620 NRS 910 M26

NCBI tax ID(s) 54913

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- NRRL; NRS 910 <- J.R. Porter, Univ. of Iowa, 1940, (Bacillus mycoides) M26 <- G. Bredemann <- O. Gottheil

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Brevibacillus formosus M26 is a bacterium of the family Paenibacillaceae.

Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 10056

LMG 16101,NRRL NRS-910,DSM 5620

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:27:33

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Paenibacillaceae

Genus Brevibacillus

Species Brevibacillus formosus

Full scientific name Brevibacillus formosus (Shida et al. 1995 ex Porter 1940) Shida et al. 1996

Synonyms (1)

Bacillus formosus

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Brevibacillus formosus** (1)	Type strain
11427	B. formosus NRS-863, DSM 9885, ATCC 51669, IFO 15716, ... (type strain)

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
2262	NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Meat extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
2262	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
2262	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

GC content

2262

GC-content (mol%)46.7

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#2262	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 5620
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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