(Priest et al. 1989 ex Batchelor 1919) Gupta et al. 2020
Priestia flexa (Bacillus flexus before 2020) is an aerobic, Gram-variable, rod-shaped, endospore-forming, oxidase-positive bacterium. The endospores are ellipsoidal, located in central/paracentral, unswollen sporangia. In laboratory conditions, it produces opaque, creamish, raised-margin colonies at 30± 2°C when incubated for 24–72 hrs. on tryptic soy agar. This bacterial species may be isolated from feces (poultry) and soil.
Human pathogenicity has not been well described yet.
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