Occurrence of Biosurfactant Producing Bacillus spp. in Diverse Habitats

Table 2

Summary of the main phenetic groups and reference strains.

Phenetic group	Number of isolates	Standard Bacillus spp. and biosurfactant producing isolates
I (outgroup)	1	B. megaterium, B. circulans, B. stearothermophilus, O6
II (ingroup)	30	B. licheniformis, P9, TT11, TT21, TT61, TT34, TT41,; TT44, P7, P, TT51, TT52, N3, B. subtilis, TT42, TT33, TT14,; P1, TT32, TT24, TT46, SW, O21, O22, O111, O65, 65, O11, O114, B. polymyxa, B. macerans, DI2, TT12, DI4
III (ingroup)	23	B. pumilus, DI3, DI10, DI7, TT13, VH5, VH2, DI1, DI9,; KDS3, P4, VH3, C, O63, E3, TT36, TT31, VH4, TT22, TT23, DI8, VH1, KDS2, HTO
IV (ingroup)	20	B. coagulans, O12, O62, O64, O61, E1, O31, O32, SS, AS-1,; E2, O113, O121, BS, TT62, O122, P2, N7, P3, J, P8
V (outgroup)	2	B. cereus, TT47, B. thuringiensis, TT15, B. firmus, B. alvei
VI (outgroup)	1	B. laterosporus, B. larvae, B. popilliae, B. lentimorbus, KDS1,; B. brevis, L. sphaericus