Question: are bacillus species oxidase positive?
Answer: The thermophilic organisms Bacillus stearothermophilus T-10 and ATCC 8005, “Bacillus caldotenax” (one strain), and “Bacillus thermodenitr$cans” DSM 465 were also oxidase positive. ... The oxidase test has been used extensively in studies on gram-negative bacteria since it was introduced in 1928 by Gordon and McCleod (5).