Alicyclobacillus cellulosilyticus

Alicyclobacillus cellulosilyticus is a species of acidophilic, thermophilic, strictly aerobic, bacterium. The bacteria Gram stains negative and produce endospores. It was first "isolated from steamed Japanese cedar chips from a lumber mill in Gobō, Wakayama Japan." The species was first described in 2014, and the name refers to the species' ability to digest cellulose.[1]

Alicyclobacillus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Division:
Firmicutes
Class:
Bacilli
Order:
Bacillales
Family:
Alicyclobacillaceae
Genus:
Alicyclobacillus
Species:
A. cellulosilyticus
Binomial name
Alicyclobacillus cellulosilyticus
Kusube et al. 2014

The optimum growth temperature for A. cellulosilyticus is 55 °C, and can grow in the 40-67.5 °C range. The optimum pH is 4.8, and can grow in pH 3.5-6.5.[1]

References
  1. Kusube, M; Sugihara, A; Moriwaki, Y; Ueoka, T; Shimane, Y; Minegishi, H (2014). "Alicyclobacillus cellulosilyticus sp. nov., a thermophilic, cellulolytic bacterium isolated from steamed Japanese cedar chips from a lumbermill". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 64: 2257–2263. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.061440-0. PMC 4080748.
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