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Does bacillus photosynthesis, is it an autotroph

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does any type of bacillus bacteria photosynthesis if you could give the specific name that'd be great too

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  1. Short answer: no, bacteria in the genus Bacillus do no photosynthesize.

    Long answer: Bacterium in the genus Bacillus are rod-shaped, Gram-positive, sporulating, aerobes or facultative anaerobes. Most bacilli are saprophytes. Each bacterium creates only one spore, which is resistant to heat, cold, radiation, desiccation, and disinfectants. Bacilli exhibit an array of physiologic abilities that allow them to live in a wide range of habitats, including many extreme habitats such as desert sands, hot springs, and Arctic soils. Species in the genus Bacillus can be thermophilic, psychrophilic, acidophilic, alkaliphilic, halotolerant, or halophilic and are capable at growing at pH values, temperatures, and salt concentrations where few other organisms can survive.


  2. Nope.  They live off of other living things.

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