Bacillus clarkii explained

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.

Further reading

Wu. Dan. Chen. Sheng. Wang. Ning. Chan. Jian. Wu. Jing. Gamma-Cyclodextrin Production Using Cyclodextrin Glycosyltransferase from Bacillus clarkii 7364. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 27 May 2012. 167. 7. 1954–1962 . 22644644 . 10.1007/s12010-012-9741-5. 207354655.

Yoshimune. Kazuaki. Morimoto. Hajime. Hirano. Yu. Sakamoto. Junshi. Matsuyama. Hidetoshi. Yumoto. Isao. The obligate alkaliphile Bacillus clarkii K24-1U retains extruded protons at the beginning of respiration. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes . 20 March 2010. 42. 2. 111–116. 10.1007/s10863-010-9278-7 . 20306123. 25444985.

External links

• UniProt entry
• Type strain of Bacillus clarkii 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. 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. 10.1099/ijsem.0.004475. 33112222. 1466-5026. free.