Alicyclobacillus dauci

Alicyclobacillus dauci is a species of Gram positive, strictly aerobic, bacterium. The bacteria are acidophilic and produced endospores. It was first isolated from spoiled mixed vegetable and fruit juice. The species was first described in 2015, and the name is derived from the Latin dauci (of the carrot).[1]

Alicyclobacillus dauci
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Alicyclobacillaceae
Genus: Alicyclobacillus
Species:
A. dauci
Binomial name
Alicyclobacillus dauci
Nakano et al. 2015

The optimum growth temperature for A. dauci is 40 °C, and can grow in the 20-50 °C range. The optimum pH is 4.0, and can grow in pH 3.0-6.0.[1]

References

  1. Nakano, C; Takahashi, N; Tanaka, N; Okada, S (2014). "Alicyclobacillus dauci sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic, acidophilic bacterium isolated from a spoiled mixed vegetable and fruit juice product". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 65 (Pt 2): 716–722. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.068957-0. PMID 25505343.
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