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Alicyclobacillus shizuokensis

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Alicyclobacillus shizuokensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Alicyclobacillaceae
Genus: Alicyclobacillus
Species:
A. shizuokensis
Binomial name
Alicyclobacillus shizuokensis
Goto et al. 2007

Alicyclobacillus shizuokensis is a species of Gram positive, strictly aerobic, bacterium. The bacteria are acidophilic and produce endospores. It was first isolated from soil in a crop field in Shizuoka, Japan. The species was first described in 2007, and the name refers to the city from which it was first isolated.[1]

The optimum growth temperature for A. shizuokensis is 45-50 °C, and can grow in the 35-60 °C range. The optimum pH is 4.0-4.5, and cannot grow at pH 3.0 or pH 6.5.[1]

A. shizuokensis was found during a Japanese survey of various beverages and environments, which also discovered 5 other species of Alicyclobacillus: A. contaminans, A. fastidiosus, A. kakegawensis, A. macrosporangiidus, and A. sacchari.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Goto, K; Mochida, K; Kato, Y; Asahara, M; Fujita, R; An, S.-Y; Kasai, H; Yokota, A (2007). "Proposal of six species of moderately thermophilic, acidophilic, endospore-forming bacteria: Alicyclobacillus contaminans sp. nov., Alicyclobacillus fastidiosus sp. nov., Alicyclobacillus kakegawensis sp. nov., Alicyclobacillus macrosporangiidus sp. nov., Alicyclobacillus sacchari sp. nov. And Alicyclobacillus shizuokensis sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (6): 1276–1285. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64692-0. PMID 17551043.