ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF BIOLOGICAL STAINS ANDDYES RESISTANT THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM

Abstract

In the present study thermophilic organisms were isolated from coastal thermal spring Unhala
of Rajapur (16° 35' N, 73° 30' E) in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India. Of these, one
rapidly growing gram positive rod shaped, motile bacteria was selected and identified as
Bacillus lentus on the basis of cultural, microscopic and biochemical characters and whose
resistance to different dyes and biological stains was confirmed by observing luxuriant growth
in the medium containing respective dyes and biological stains.