| Bacillus schlegelii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Firmicutes |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Bacillales |
| Family: | Bacillaceae |
| Genus: | Bacillus |
| Species: | B. schlegelii |
| Binomial name | |
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Bacillus schlegelii Schenk and Aragno 1979 |
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Bacillus schlegelii is a Gram-positive species of bacteria. Strains of this species were originally isolated from a lake (Le Loclat) near St-Blaise, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The species is thermophilic; strains isolated from soil in Antarctica were found to grow at temperatures between 59 and 72° C.