Which is the best description of Brevibacillus borstelensis?
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. Brevibacillus borstelensis strain 707 is a thermophilic strain capable of degrading and utilizing polyethylene as its sole source of carbon.
How did Brevibacillus laterosporus get its name?
Bacillus laterosporus is a spore-forming bacterium characterized by production of a distinctive canoe-shaped lamellar parasporal inclusion that remains adjacent to the spore after lysis of the sporangium. This species has been reclassified into the genus Brevibacillus on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses (Shida et al., 1996).
What kind of bacterium is b.borstelensis AK1?
The present study is an extended genome report of B. borstelensis AK1 along with the morphological characterization. The strain is isolated from a hot spring in Saudi Arabia (southeast of the city Gazan). It is observed that the strain AK1 is rod-shaped, motile, and strictly aerobic bacterium.
Where can you find Brevibacillus in the world?
It is commonly found in water and soil and was first described by Laubach (1916) as an aerobic, gram-positive, endospore-forming bacterium that can also be a facultative anaerobe.
What kind of carbon monoxide does Brevibacillus brevis produce?
Brevibacillus brevis is catalase positive, amylase negative, casein negative, gelatinase positive, and indole negative; most strains are citrate users. Some strains are capable of oxidizing carbon monoxide aerobically.
What kind of temperature does B borstelensis grow in?
B. borstelensis strain cifa_chp34 isolated from the hot spring in Odisha, India was found to grow in a wider range of temperature from 20 °C to 65 °C with an optimum growth temperature of 50 °C. The bacterium could hydrolyze cellulose, pectin, lipid and degrade low-density polythene.
