Bacillus alcalophilus
| Bacillus alcalophilus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Firmicutes |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Bacillales |
| Family: | Bacillaceae |
| Genus: | Bacillus |
| Species: | B. alcalophilus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bacillus alcalophilus | |
Bacillus alcalophilus is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped species of bacteria. Likely strains of this species have been isolated from highly alkaline waste water. B. alcalophilus is a moderate halotolerant obligate alkaliphile growing at 40°C and at pH 9-10.5 (and possibly higher) that has been isolated from soil and animal manures.[1][2]
Genome
A draft genome of B. alcalophilus strain AV1934 has 4,348,660 bp, with 3,745 predicted proteins. The G+C content of the genome is 37.2%. Another draft genome has 4,095 predicted genes and 4,063 predicted proteins.[3]
References
- ↑ Ntougias, S; Zervakis, GI; Ehaliotis, C; Kavroulakis, N; Papadopoulou, KK (May 2006). "Ecophysiology and molecular phylogeny of bacteria isolated from alkaline two-phase olive mill wastes.". Research in microbiology 157 (4): 376–85. doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2005.09.010. PMID 16307869.
- ↑ Lewis, R. (1982) Pleiotropic Properties of Mutations to Non-alkalophily in Bacillus alcalophilus. J. of General Microbiology 128: 427-430
- ↑ Attie O, Jayaprakash A, Shah H, Paulsen IT, Morino M, Takahashi Y, Narumi I, Sachidanandam R, Satoh K, Ito M, Krulwich TA (2014). "Draft Genome Sequence of Bacillus alcalophilus AV1934, a Classic Alkaliphile Isolated from Human Feces in 1934". Genome Announc 2 (6). doi:10.1128/genomeA.01175-14. PMC 4241669. PMID 25395643.
Further reading
Liu, Yihan; Zhang, Tao; Zhang, Zhimeng; Sun, Tongyi; Wang, Jianling; Lu, Fuping (2014). "Improvement of cold adaptation of Bacillus alcalophilus alkaline protease by directed evolution". Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic 106: 117–123. doi:10.1016/j.molcatb.2014.05.005.