Effusibacillus consociatus

Effusibacillus consociatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Alicyclobacillaceae
Genus: Effusibacillus
Species:
E. consociatus
Binomial name
Effusibacillus consociatus
Glaeser et al 2013

Effusibacillus consociatus is a species of Gram positive, aerobic, bacterium. The cells are rod-shaped and form spores. It was first isolated from a blood sample from a 51-year-old woman, although it was not implicated as a pathogen. The species name is derived from Latin consociatus (associated with), to indicate that the bacteria was associated with a human clinical case.[1]

The species was originally grouped with genus Alicyclobacillus, as it was closely related to A. pohliae. However, further research found that both A. consociatus and A. pohliae belonged in a newly described genus Effusibacillus, and were renamed accordingly.[1][2]

The optimum growth temperature for E. consociatus is 30 °C, and can grow in the 15-45 °C range. Its optimum pH is 6.5, and grows in pH range 5.5-10.5.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Glaeser, S. P.; Falsen, E.; Martin, K.; Kampfer, P. (19 April 2013). "Alicyclobacillus consociatus sp. nov., isolated from a human clinical specimen". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 63 (Pt 10): 3623–3627. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.048173-0. PMID 23606481.
  2. ^ Watanabe, M.; Kojima, H.; Fukui, M. (23 May 2014). "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. 64 (Pt 8): 2770–2774. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.055814-0. PMID 24860109.