“…Bacillus licheniformis SMIA-2 is a Gram-positive, aerobic, thermophilic, spore-forming bacterium capable of producing thermostable enzymes, such as proteases (Silva, Delatorre, & Martins, 2007), amylases (Carvalho, Corrêa, Silva, Vianna, & Martins, 2008a;Carvalho, Correa, Silva, Mansur, & Martins, 2008b), pectinases (Andrade, Delatorre, Ladeira, & Martins, 2011) and cellulases (Oliveira, Barbosa, Martins, & Martins, 2014;Ladeira, Cruz, Delatorre, Barbosa, & Martins, 2015;Costa et al, 2017;Cruz, Moraes, Costa, Barbosa, & Martins, 2019). The bacterium was isolated from a soil sample collected in Campos dos Goytacazes City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.…”