the following information is not yet verified
Taxonomy
Family: Bacillaceae

Natural habitats
Spores are numerous in soil.

Clinical significance
Usually considered nonpathogenic for humans but may cause wound infections, bacteremia, septicaemia, abscesses and rarely meningitis.

the following information is not yet verified
Gram positive,(variable) rods with spores

0.5-0.8 x 2.0-4.2 µm

Spore shape: ellipsoidal
Spore position: subterminal, terminal
Sporangia swelling: positive

Facultative anaerobic

BA: colonies are large, white gray, smooth and on the edge a translucent surface.

The edges are irregular and the colonies can be ß-hemolytic.

13 % of the strains have migrant micro colonies and spreads actively.

They typically have a rhizoid colony.

BBAØ: growth

James Versalovic et al.(2011) Manual of Clinical Microbiology 10th Edition