Tumebacillus ginsengisoli

Tumebacillus ginsengisoli is a species of Gram positive, aerobic, bacterium. The cells are rod-shaped, non-motile, and form spores. It was first isolated from soil in a ginseng field in Pocheon, South Korea, and the species name is derived from the ginseng soil isolation location. T. ginsengisoli was the second species added to the genus Tumebacillus.^[1]

Tumebacillus ginsengisoli
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Alicyclobacillaceae
Genus:	Tumebacillus
Species:	T. ginsengisoli
Binomial name
Tumebacillus ginsengisoli Baek et al. 2011

The optimum growth temperature for T. ginsengisoli is 25-30 °C, and it can grow in the 25-42 °C range. Its optimum pH is 6.0-9.0, and grows in pH range 5.0-9.0. The bacterium forms white colonies on R2A agar.^[1][2]