The present invention relates to a novel strain of alkalothermophilic
Bacillus sp. isolated from a hot spring at Vajeshwari, District Thane, The
State of Maharashtra, India and deposited at American Type Culture Centre
(ATCC), bearing accession No. PTA 972, said strain of Bacillus sp. having
the following characteristics (i) aerobic, (ii) gram positive, (iii)
motile, (iv) spore forming, (v) capable of growing in a alkaline medium at
pH 8-10, and (vi) exhibiting negative reaction towards production of
indole, hydrogen, sulfide, ammonia and urease and positive reaction for
hydrolysis of starch, production of catalase, hydrolysis of casein and
reduction of nitrate.
