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Alicyclobacillus montanus

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Alicyclobacillus montanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Caryophanales
Family: Alicyclobacillaceae
Genus: Alicyclobacillus
Species:
A. montanus
Binomial name
Alicyclobacillus montanus
Lopez et al. 2018

Alicyclobacillus montanus is a species of Gram positive, strictly aerobic, thermophilic bacterium. The bacteria are acidophilic and produce endospores. It was first isolated from an acidic hot spring in Los Nevados National Natural Park in the Andes Mountains of Colombia. The species was first described in 2018, and the name refers to the Andes Mountains from which it was isolated.[1]

The optimum growth temperature for A. montanus is 45 °C, and can grow in the 25-55 °C range. The optimum pH is 3.0, and can grow in pH 1.5-4.5.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b López, G.; Díaz-Cárdenas, C.; David Alzate, J.; Gonzalez, L. N.; Shapiro, N.; Woyke, T.; Kyrpides, N. C.; Restrepo, S.; Baena, S. (1 May 2018). "Description of Alicyclobacillus montanus sp. nov., a mixotrophic bacterium isolated from acidic hot springs". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 68 (5): 1608–1615. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.002718. PMID 29557767.