Team:Newcastle/Project/Bacillus

=Bacillus subtilis= Bacillus subtilis strain 168 is the bacterial species of choice for the 2009 Newcastle team. It is a Gram-positive, catalase-positive bacterium commonly found in soil. Some of our instructors and advisers, including Anil Wipat, know a great deal about B. subtilis and have worked with it in the past.

The 2008 iGEM Newcastle team and a number of other 2008 also used B. subtilis and provide a nice overview of its advantages in their wiki. Thanks to the efforts of these teams the number of B. subtilis parts in the registry is increasing. This year we have added many more.