Alicyclobacillus aeris

Alicyclobacillus aeris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Caryophanales
Family: Alicyclobacillaceae
Genus: Alicyclobacillus
Species:
A. aeris
Binomial name
Alicyclobacillus aeris
Guo et al. 2009

Alicyclobacillus aeris is a species of Gram positive/Gram variable, strictly aerobic, bacterium. The bacteria are acidophilic and produced endospores. It was first isolated from a copper mine in Inner Mongolia, China. The species was first described in 2009, and the name is derived from the Latin aeris (of ore).[1]

The optimum growth temperature for A. aeris is 30 °C, and can grow in the 25-35 °C range. The optimum pH is 3.5, and can grow in pH 2.0-6.0.[1]

Alicyclobacillus aeris can oxidize iron and sulfur, as can Alicyclobacillus disulfidooxidans, A. ferrooxydans, and A. tolerans.[1] Alicyclobacillus fodiniaquatilis was isolated from a different copper mine.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Guo, X; You, X.-Y; Liu, L.-J; Zhang, J.-Y; Liu, S.-J; Jiang, C.-Y (2009). "Alicyclobacillus aeris sp. nov., a novel ferrous- and sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a copper mine". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (10): 2415–2420. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.008870-0. PMID 19622665.
  2. ^ Zhang, Bo; Jiang, Cheng-Ying; Wang, Bao-Jun; Liu, Shuang-Jiang; Song, Jin-Long; Wu, Yu-Fan; Huang, Zhong-Sheng (2015). "Alicyclobacillus fodiniaquatilis sp. nov., isolated from acid mine water". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 65 (12): 4915–4920. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.000695. PMID 26476812.
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