Biology:Bacillus clarkii

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Short description: Species of bacterium

Bacillus clarkii
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Bacillaceae
Genus: Bacillus
Species:
B. clarkii
Binomial name
Bacillus clarkii
Nielsen et al. 1995

Bacillus clarkii is a facultative anaerobe bacterium.[1] It is a gram positive, alkaliphilic and alkalitolerant, aerobic endospore-forming bacteria.

This species has been recently transferred into the genus Evansella.[2] The correct nomenclature is Evansella clarkii.

References

  1. 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. ISSN 1350-0872. 
  2. Gupta, Radhey S.; Patel, Sudip; Saini, Navneet; Chen, Shu (2020-11-01). "Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 70 (11): 5753–5798. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004475. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 33112222. http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004475. 

Further reading

Wu, Dan; Chen, Sheng; Wang, Ning; Chan, Jian; Wu, Jing (27 May 2012). "Gamma-Cyclodextrin Production Using Cyclodextrin Glycosyltransferase from Bacillus clarkii 7364". Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 167 (7): 1954–1962. doi:10.1007/s12010-012-9741-5. PMID 22644644. 

Yoshimune, Kazuaki; Morimoto, Hajime; Hirano, Yu; Sakamoto, Junshi; Matsuyama, Hidetoshi; Yumoto, Isao (20 March 2010). "The obligate alkaliphile Bacillus clarkii K24-1U retains extruded protons at the beginning of respiration". Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes 42 (2): 111–116. doi:10.1007/s10863-010-9278-7. PMID 20306123. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4838961 entry