Bacillus boroniphilus

Bacillus boroniphilus is a species of highly boron-tolerant bacterium, hence its name. It is Gram-positive, motile, and rod-shaped, with type strain T-15Z^T (DSM 17376^T = IAM 15287^T = ATCC BAA-1204^T).^[1] Its genome has been sequenced.^[2]

Bacillus boroniphilus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Bacillaceae
Genus:	Bacillus
Species:	B. boroniphilus
Binomial name
Bacillus boroniphilus Ahmed et al. 2007

This species has been recently transferred into the genus Mesobacillus.^[3] The correct nomenclature is Mesobacillus boroniphilus.