Salipaludibacillus agaradhaerens explained

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

In 2019, it was found in a hyperalkaline spring in Zambales (Philippines) a bacterial consortium of a strain of Bacillus agaradhaerens with Bacillus pseudofirmus that can biodegrade LDPE plastic.^[2]

See also

• Plastivore

External links

• UniProt entry
• SCOP Berkley entry
• Type strain of Bacillus agaradhaerens at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Nielsen. P.. Fritze. D.. Priest. F. G.. Phenetic diversity of alkaliphilic Bacillus strains: proposal for nine new species. Microbiology. 141. 7. 1995. 1745–1761. 1350-0872. 10.1099/13500872-141-7-1745. free.
2. G. Cada. Erika Joy . Enhanced in vitro biodegradation of low-density polyethylene using alkaliphilic bacterial consortium supplemented with iron oxide nanoparticles. June 2019. 12. Philippine Science Letters.