Effusibacillus Explained

Effusibacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped, aerobic, spore-forming bacteria.

Effusibacillus was first proposed in 2014 after a strain of bacteria was isolated from the sediment of a freshwater lake. While genetically similar to other members of the family Alicyclobacillaceae, the strain was found to be distinct enough to require its own genus, and was named E. lacus. It was also found that two other previously described organisms in the genus Alicyclobacillus, A. consociatus and A. pohliae belonged in this new genus. The name is derived from Latin effusus (disorderly) and bacillus (small rod), which refers to the various lengths of the cells microscopically.[1]

Members of this genus have been isolated from a lake in Japan, a lake in Antarctica, and from the blood of a woman (in a non-infectious capacity). E. lacus and E. pohliae are both thermophiles, with optimum growth temperatures above 50 °C, while the optimum growth temperature for E. consociatus is 30 °C.[1] [2] [3]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[4] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Watanabe . M. . Kojima . H. . Fukui . M. . Proposal of Effusibacillus lacus gen. nov., sp. nov., and reclassification of Alicyclobacillus pohliae as Effusibacillus pohliae comb. nov. and Alicyclobacillus consociatus as Effusibacillus consociatus comb. nov. . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 23 May 2014 . 64 . Pt 8 . 2770–2774 . 10.1099/ijs.0.055814-0. free .
  2. Imperio . T. . Viti . C. . Marri . L. . Alicyclobacillus pohliae sp. nov., a thermophilic, endospore-forming bacterium isolated from geothermal soil of the north-west slope of Mount Melbourne (Antarctica) . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 1 January 2008 . 58 . 1 . 221–225 . 10.1099/ijs.0.65092-0. free .
  3. Glaeser . S. P. . Falsen . E. . Martin . K. . Kampfer . P. . Alicyclobacillus consociatus sp. nov., isolated from a human clinical specimen . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 19 April 2013 . 63 . Pt 10 . 3623–3627 . 10.1099/ijs.0.048173-0.
  4. Web site: A.C. Parte. Effusibacillus. 2022-09-09. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). et al..
  5. Web site: Sayers. Effusibacillus. 2022-09-09. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. et al..
  6. Web site: The LTP . 20 November 2023.
  7. Web site: LTP_all tree in newick format. 20 November 2023.
  8. Web site: LTP_08_2023 Release Notes. 20 November 2023.
  9. Web site: GTDB release 08-RS214 . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
  10. Web site: bac120_r214.sp_label . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
  11. Web site: Taxon History . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.

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