Sentences with word «pumilus»

A 2003 survey found a particularly stubborn strain of the rod - shaped bacteria Bacillus pumilus in even the cleanest of clean rooms at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, where Mars - bound spacecraft are assembled.

The island also supports a large population of feral pigs, which are no doubt responsible for the decline in sightings of pumilus in the wild by Nature Conservancy personnel and others.

I have maintained a captive group of P. c. pumilus for over 10 years.

Genome sequencing revealed that the isolated B. pumilus contained three unique gene clusters for the production of antimicrobial peptide compounds known as bacteriocins.

In the wild, pumilus most likely feed upon the two endemic species of rodent, the Santa Cruz Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae), and the Santa Cruz Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis santacruzae).

Adult pumilus should be cooled separately, in a dry, darkened hibernaculum at temperatures averaging in the low 50's.

Appearance The Santa Cruz Island gopher snake, Pituophis catenifer pumilus (pumilio is Latin for «dwarf»), is just as its Latin translation indicates, a dwarf race rarely exceeding 3 feet in length.

The researchers, led by Dr. Shaun Lee, looked inside sterilized mung beans and were able to isolate a unique strain of Bacillus pumilus that provides the bean with enhanced microbial protection.

Coastal sage scrub, chaparral, and pine forest are all present, and are the plant associations most likely to be utilized by P. c. pumilus.

What they found was the new strain of Bacillus pumilus, a unique, highly motile Gram - positive bacterium capable of colonizing the mung bean plant without causing any harm.

Two types in particular — Bacillus licheniformis and Bacillus pumilus — can cause inflammation of the lungs and opportunistic infections, the study authors said.

I have observed pumilus to be intermediate in pattern between annectens and catenifer, and it is likely that pumilus are indeed an isolated, relict intergrade population.