Effusibacillus lacus

Effusibacillus lacus is a species of Gram positive, facultatively anaerobic, thermophilic bacterium. The cells are rod-shaped and form spores. It was first isolated from freshwater lake sediment from Lake Mizugaki, Japan. The species name is derived from lacus (of a lake).[1][2]

Effusibacillus lacus
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E. lacus
Binomial name
Effusibacillus lacus
Watanabe et al 2014

The species was among the first grouped into the newly create genus Effusibacillus, along with two other species that were reclassified from Alicyclobacillus, E. consociatus and E. pohliae. E. lacus is the type strain for the genus.[1]

The optimum growth temperature for E. lacus is 50-52 °C, and can grow in the 28-60 °C range. Its optimum pH is 7.25-7.50, and grows in pH range 7.0-8.5.[1]

References

  1. Watanabe, M.; Kojima, H.; Fukui, M. (23 May 2014). "Proposal of Effusibacillus lacus gen. nov., sp. nov., and reclassification of Alicyclobacillus pohliae as Effusibacillus pohliae comb. nov. and Alicyclobacillus consociatus as Effusibacillus consociatus comb. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 64 (Pt 8): 2770–2774. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.055814-0. PMID 24860109.
  2. Kojima, Hisaya; Iwata, Tomoya; Fukuia, Manabu (July 2009). "DNA-based analysis of planktonic methanotrophs in a stratified lake". Freshwater Biology. 54 (7): 1501–1509. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02199.x.


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