Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (BACAM) | BCH-ORGA-SCBD-12122 | Organism | Biosafety Clearing-House

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Organism (ORGA)

published: 07 Apr 2006 last updated: 23 Feb 2021
Organism information
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
Kingdom Bacteria
Phylum Firmicutes
Class Bacilli
Order Bacillales
Family Bacillaceae
Genus Bacillus
Species Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
  • BACAM
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Bacteria
Characteristics related to biosafety
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Additional Information
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens is a Gram-positive, aerobic baterium found in soil samples in nature.

Alpha amylase from B. amyloliquefaciens is often used in starch hydrolysis. B. amyloliquefaciens is also a source of subtilisin, an enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of proteins in a similar way to trypsin. 

It also produces Barnase, an extracellular guanine specific ribonuclease, and barstar is its intracellular inhibitor.
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