Variations in colonial morphology and pigmentation occur on nutrient agar; strain is orange on beef extract glucose agar and black on tyrosine agar.
Resistance Testing (Clothing for protection against infectious agents --- Test method for resistance to dry microbial penetration. London, UK:British Standards Institution;British Standard BS EN ISO 22612:2005.)
dry heat sterilization control (U.S. Pharmacopeia Monographs: Biological Indicator for Dry-heat Sterilization, Paper Carrier. Rockville, MD:U.S. Pharmacopeia;USP USP28-NF23, 2005, European Pharmacopoeia Commission Biological indicators of sterilization. Strasbourg, France:European Pharmacopoeia Commission;European Pharmacopoeia EP 5.1.2, 1997)
media testing (Microbial Ranking of Porous Packaging Materials (Exposure Chamber Method). Gaithersburg, MD:AOAC International;AOAC.
ID checked by 16S sequencing