Alicyclobacillus disulfidooxidans

Alicyclobacillus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Division:	Firmicutes
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Alicyclobacillaceae
Genus:	Alicyclobacillus
Species:	A. disulfidooxidans
Binomial name
	Alicyclobacillus disulfidooxidans; Karavaiko et al. 2005

Alicyclobacillus disulfidooxidans (formerly Sulfobacillus disulfidooxidansis) a species of Gram positive, strictly aerobic, bacterium. The bacteria are acidophilic and produced endospores. It was first isolated from waterwater sludge in Blake Lake City, Quebec, Canada. The species was first identified in 1996, but was classified as Sulfobacillus disulfidooxidansis. It was reclassified as Alicyclobacillus in 2005. The name is derived from the Latin duplus (double), sulfur (sulfur), and oxido (oxidize), referring to the bacterium's ability to oxidize disulfide.[1][2]

A. disulfidooxidans was reclassified to Alicyclobacillus along with a strain of Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans subsp. thermotolerans, which was classified as Alicyclobacillus tolerans.[2]

The optimum growth temperature for A. disulfidooxidans is 45 °C, and can grow in the 4-40 °C range. The optimum pH is 1.5-2.5, and can grow in pH 0.5-6.0.[1]

References

Dufresne, S; Bousquet, J; Boissinot, M; Guay, R (1996). "Sulfobacillus disulfidooxidans sp. nov., a New Acidophilic, Disulfide-Oxidizing, Gram-Positive, Spore-Forming Bacterium". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 46 (4): 1056–1064. doi:10.1099/00207713-46-4-1056.
Karavaiko, G. I (2005). "Reclassification of 'Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans subsp. Thermotolerans' strain K1 as Alicyclobacillus tolerans sp. nov. And Sulfobacillus disulfidooxidans Dufresne et al. 1996 as Alicyclobacillus disulfidooxidans comb. Nov., and emended description of the genus Alicyclobacillus". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (2): 941–947. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63300-0.

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[Dufresne-1] Dufresne, S; Bousquet, J; Boissinot, M; Guay, R (1996). "Sulfobacillus disulfidooxidans sp. nov., a New Acidophilic, Disulfide-Oxidizing, Gram-Positive, Spore-Forming Bacterium". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 46 (4): 1056–1064. doi:10.1099/00207713-46-4-1056.

[Karavaiko-2] Karavaiko, G. I (2005). "Reclassification of 'Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans subsp. Thermotolerans' strain K1 as Alicyclobacillus tolerans sp. nov. And Sulfobacillus disulfidooxidans Dufresne et al. 1996 as Alicyclobacillus disulfidooxidans comb. Nov., and emended description of the genus Alicyclobacillus". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (2): 941–947. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63300-0.