| a novel highly boron tolerant bacterium, bacillus boroniphilus sp. nov., isolated from soil, that requires boron for its growth. | three strains of gram-positive, motile, rod-shaped and boron (b)-tolerant bacterium were isolated from naturally b containing soil of hisarcik area in the kutahya province, turkey. the strains, designated as t-14a, t-15z(t) and t-17s, produced spherical or ellipsoidal endospores in a terminal bulging sporangium. the strains required b for the growth and can tolerate more than 450 mm b. these also tolerated up to 7.0% (w/v) nacl in the presence of 50 mm b in agar medium but grew optimally without ... | 2007 | 17072687 |