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

Bacillus clarkii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Bacillaceae
Genus: Bacillus
Species:
B. clarkii
Binomial name
Bacillus clarkii
Nielsen et al. 1995

This species has been recently transferred into the genus Evansella.[2] The correct nomenclature is Evansella clarkii.

References edit

  1. ^ Nielsen, P.; Fritze, D.; Priest, F. G. (1995). "Phenetic diversity of alkaliphilic Bacillus strains: proposal for nine new species". Microbiology. 141 (7): 1745–1761. doi:10.1099/13500872-141-7-1745. ISSN 1350-0872.
  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. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004475. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 33112222.

Further reading edit

Wu, Dan; Chen, Sheng; Wang, Ning; Chan, Jian; Wu, Jing (27 May 2012). "Gamma-Cyclodextrin Production Using Cyclodextrin Glycosyltransferase from Bacillus clarkii 7364". Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 167 (7): 1954–1962. doi:10.1007/s12010-012-9741-5. PMID 22644644. S2CID 207354655.

Yoshimune, Kazuaki; Morimoto, Hajime; Hirano, Yu; Sakamoto, Junshi; Matsuyama, Hidetoshi; Yumoto, Isao (20 March 2010). "The obligate alkaliphile Bacillus clarkii K24-1U retains extruded protons at the beginning of respiration". Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes. 42 (2): 111–116. doi:10.1007/s10863-010-9278-7. PMID 20306123. S2CID 25444985.

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