Alicyclobacillus acidiphilus

Alicyclobacillus acidiphilus is a thermo-acidophilic, omega-alicyclic fatty acid-containing bacterium. It's aerobic, gram-positive, spore-forming and rod-shaped, with type strain TA-67T (= DSM 14558T = IAM 14935T = NRIC 6496T).[1]

Alicyclobacillus acidiphilus
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Alicyclobacillaceae
Genus: Alicyclobacillus
Species:
A. acidiphilus
Binomial name
Alicyclobacillus acidiphilus
Matsubara et al. 2002

The optimum growth temperature for A. acidiphilus is 50 °C, and can grow in the 20-55 °C range. The optimum pH is 3.0, and can grow in pH 2.5-5.5.[1]

References

  1. Matsubara, H. (2002). "Alicyclobacillus acidiphilus sp. nov., a novel thermo-acidophilic, omega-alicyclic fatty acid-containing bacterium isolated from acidic beverages". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52 (5): 1681–1685. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02169-0. ISSN 1466-5026.

Further reading

  • Goto, Keiichi; Tanaka, Takashi; Yamamoto, Rie; Suzuki, Teiichi; Tokuda, Hajime (2007). "Characteristics of Alicyclobacillus". Alicyclobacillus. pp. 9–48. doi:10.1007/978-4-431-69850-0_3. ISBN 978-4-431-69849-4.
  • Yokota, A., T. Fujii, and K. Goto. "Alicyclobacillus." (2007).


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