Alkalihalobacillus pseudofirmus
| Alkalihalobacillus pseudofirmus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Caryophanales |
| Family: | Bacillaceae |
| Genus: | Alkalihalophilus |
| Species: | A. pseudofirmus |
| Binomial name | |
| Alkalihalophilus pseudofirmus (Nielsen et al. 1995) Joshi et al. 2022 | |
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Alkalihalophilus pseudofirmus is a species of Gram-positive, aerobic, rod-shaped, endospore-forming alkaliphilic bacterium. It was originally described as Bacillus pseudofirmus in 1995.[1] The specific epithet pseudofirmus means "false firmus", referring to its physiological similarity to Bacillus firmus. The type strain is PN-3T (= DSM 8715T = ATCC 700159T = LMG 17944T).
The species was transferred to Alkalihalobacillus in 2020 and subsequently to the newly established genus Alkalihalophilus, of which it is the type species.[2]
A 2019 study isolated an alkaliphilic bacterium from a hyperalkaline spring in Zambales, Philippines, that was phylogenetically affiliated with A. pseudofirmus. In combination with an isolate affiliated with Salipaludibacillus agaradhaerens, the bacterial consortium was reported to degrade low-density polyethylene in vitro, with degradation enhanced by iron oxide nanoparticles.[3]
References
- ↑ Nielsen, P.; Fritze, D.; Priest, F. G. (1995). "Phenetic diversity of alkaliphilic Bacillus strains: proposal for nine new species". Microbiology. 141 (7): 1745–1761. doi:10.1099/13500872-141-7-1745.
- ↑ Joshi, Amaraja; Thite, Sonia; Karodi, Prachi; Joseph, Neetha; Lodha, Tushar (2021). "Alkalihalobacterium elongatum gen. nov. sp. nov.: An Antibiotic-Producing Bacterium Isolated From Lonar Lake and Reclassification of the Genus Alkalihalobacillus Into Seven Novel Genera". Frontiers in Microbiology. 12 722369. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.722369. PMC 8543038. PMID 34707580.
- ↑ Cada, Erika Joy G.; Muyot, Marion Lei C.; Sison, Joanna Maria C.; Baculi, Ronan Q. (2019). "Enhanced in vitro biodegradation of low-density polyethylene using alkaliphilic bacterial consortium supplemented with iron oxide nanoparticles". Philippine Science Letters. 12: 55–69.
Further reading
- Preiss, Laura; Langer, Julian D.; Hicks, David B.; Liu, Jun; Yildiz, Oezkan; Krulwich, Terry A.; Meier, Thomas (2014). "The c-ring ion binding site of the ATP synthase from Bacillus pseudofirmus OF4 is adapted to alkaliphilic lifestyle". Molecular Microbiology. 92 (5): 973–984. doi:10.1111/mmi.12605. PMC 4064006. PMID 24707994.