Terrabacter terrae
Terrabacter terrae is a species of Gram-positive, nonmotile, non-endosporeforming bacteria. Cells are long, irregular rods. It was initially isolated from soil mixed with Iberian pig hair from Spain. The species was first described in 2005, and its name is derived from "terrae" (of the earth). The species was discovered during a survey for bacteria with keratinase activity. "T. terrae" was the second species added to the genus "Terrabacter" after the type species, "T. tumescens", was added to the novel genus in 1989.

"T. terrae" can grow in the 15-40 °C range, and is able to hydrolyze keratin.
Q857288
Gram-positive
Concept
Q828761
endospore
UNK
Q2091405
rods
Concept
Q1655849
Iberian pig
Concept
Q29
Spain
LOC
Q17144504
keratinase
Concept
Q26295220
T. tumescens
Concept
Q189474
keratin
Concept
Q62855641
Terrabacter terrae
Concept
2005-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2005
DATE
1989-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1989
DATE
+15^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
15
NUMBER
-40^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-40
NUMBER
country of origin