General Characteristics of Bacillus

Figure: Bacillus Spp.

1.     Bacillus:

General  Characteristics of Bacillus: 

 a. Gram positive rods & arranged in chains.

 b.  Obligate aerobe & facultative anaerobe,

c. Capsulated & endospore-forming bacteria ,

d. Non-flagellated, non-motile,

e. Grows on ordinary media.

Habitat:

They are common in soil worldwide at mesophilic                

temperatures and only a few are pathogenic to

humans, Bacillus anthracis primarily infects herbivores,

Diseases Produced by Bacillus:

a. Anthrax ,

b. Respiratory granulomatous infection,

   c.Tubercular diseases.