Alkaliphilus transvaalensis
| Alkaliphilus transvaalensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Firmicutes |
| Class: | Clostridia |
| Order: | Clostridiales |
| Family: | Clostridiaceae |
| Genus: | Alkaliphilus |
| Species: | A. transvaalensis Takai et al. 2001 |
| Binomial name | |
| Alkaliphilus transvaalensis | |
Alkaliphilus transvaalensis is an extremely alkaliphilic bacterium. Its cells are straight to slightly curved rods, motile by flagella and form endospores. Its type strain is SAGM1T (= JCM 10712T = ATCC 700919T).[1]
References
- ↑ Takai K, Moser DP, Onstott TC, Spoelstra N, Pfiffner SM, Dohnalkova A, et al. (2001). "Alkaliphilus transvaalensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a deep South African gold mine". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 51 (Pt 4): 1245–56. PMID 11491320.
Further reading
- Kobayashi, Tohru; Lu, Jie; Li, Zhijun; Hung, Vo Si; Kurata, Atsushi; Hatada, Yuji; Takai, Ken; Ito, Susumu; Horikoshi, Koki (2007). "Extremely high alkaline protease from a deep-subsurface bacterium, Alkaliphilus transvaalensis". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 75 (1): 71–80. doi:10.1007/s00253-006-0800-0. ISSN 0175-7598. PMID 17216443.
External links
- Alkaliphilus transvaalensis at the Encyclopedia of Life
- LPSN
- Type strain of Alkaliphilus transvaalensis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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