Brevibacillus borstelensis explained

Brevibacillus borstelensis is a Gram-positive, aerobic, rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacterium of the genus Brevibacillus. The genome of several B. borstelensis strains have been sequenced.^[1]

Brevibacillus borstelensis strain 707 is a thermophilic strain capable of degrading and using polyethylene as its sole source of carbon.^[2] This strain was shown to reduce the amount of polyethylene by 30% (30 days at 50°C) and demonstrates that nondegradable plastics like polyethylene can be degraded under appropriate conditions.

Further reading

• Demir. Nazan. Nadaroglu. Hayrunnisa. Demir. Yasar. Isik. Ceyhun. Taskin. Esen. Adiguzel. Ahmet. Gulluce. Medine. Purification and characterization of an alkaline pectin lyase produced by a newly isolated Brevibacillus borstelensis (P35) and its applications in fruit juice and oil extraction. European Food Research and Technology. 29 March 2014. 239. 1. 127–135. 10.1007/s00217-014-2198-8. 84996740.

External links

• Type strain of Brevibacillus borstelensis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brevibacillus borstelensis. NCBI genome. National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine. November 2, 2014.
2. Hadad. D.. Geresh. S.. Sivan. A.. May 2005. Biodegradation of polyethylene by the thermophilic bacterium Brevibacillus borstelensis. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 98. 5. 1093–1100. 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02553.x. 15836478. free.