biology

Thalassobacillus

Thalassobacillus is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Thalassobacillus rather than just read about it. In short: Thalassobacillus is a Gram-positive, oxidase positive, catalase negative, rod shaped and moderately halophilic genus of bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae. Single colonies are small (pin headed) in size.Thalassobacillus bacteria produces Meso-diaminopimelic acid.

Key takeaways

Thalassobacillus belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Thalassobacillus to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Thalassobacillus from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Thalassobacillus is a Gram-positive, oxidase positive, catalase negative, rod shaped and moderately halophilic genus of bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae. Single colonies are small (pin headed) in size.Thalassobacillus bacteria produces Meso-diaminopimelic acid. S.I. Paul et al. (2021) isolated and biochemically characterized Thalassobacillus devorans from marine sponges of the Saint Martin's Island of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh.

Phylogeny The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

See also List of Bacteria genera List of bacterial orders

References

Further reading García, MT; Gallego, V; Ventosa, A; Mellado, E (September 2005). "Thalassobacillus devorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, phenol-degrading, Gram-positive bacterium". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (Pt 5): 1789–95. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63560-0. PMID 16166667. Sánchez-Porro, C; Yilmaz, P; de la Haba, RR; Birbir, M; Ventosa, A (May 2011). "Thalassobacillus pellis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, Gram-positive bacterium isolated from salted hides". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61 (Pt 5): 1206–10. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.024778-0. hdl:11424/244280. PMID 20562240. Pal, K. K.; Dey, R.; Sherathia, D.; Sukhadiya, B.; Dalsania, T.; Patel, I.; Savsani, K.; Thomas, M.; Vanpariya, S.; Mandaliya, M.; Rupapara, R.; Rawal, P.; Ghorai, S.; Bhayani, S.; Shah, A.; Saxena, A. K. (26 December 2013). "Draft Genome Sequence of an Obligate and Moderately Halophilic Bacterium, Thalassobacillus devorans Strain MSP14, the First Draft Genome of the Genus Thalassobacillus". Genome Announcements. 1 (6): e01103-13–e01103-13. doi:10.1128/genomeA.01103-13. PMC 3873614. PMID 24371204. Dion, Patrice; Nautiyal, Chandra Shekhar (2007). Microbiology of Extreme Soils. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783540742319.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Thalassobacillus

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Thalassobacillus claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Thalassobacillus before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Thalassobacillus ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Thalassobacillus

In research: Thalassobacillus appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Thalassobacillus in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Thalassobacillus is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Bacillaceae, Bacillota stubs, Bacteria genera, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Thalassobacillus outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Thalassobacillus in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Thalassobacillus means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Thalassobacillus out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Thalassobacillus in simple terms?

Why does Thalassobacillus matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Thalassobacillus?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Thalassobacillus.