Salipaludibacillus agaradhaerens is a facultative anaerobe bacterium.[3] It is a gram positive, alkaliphilic and alkalitolerant, aerobic endospore-forming bacteria.
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In 2019, it was found in a hyperalkaline spring in Zambales (Philippines) a bacterial consortium of a strain of Bacillus agaradhaerens with Bacillus pseudofirmus that can biodegrade LDPE plastic.[4]
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editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Salipaludibacillus agaradhaerens (Bacillus agaradhaerens)". www.uniprot.org.
- ^ Parte, A.C. "Salipaludibacillus". LPSN.
- ^ 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.
- ^ G. Cada, Erika Joy (June 2019). "Enhanced in vitro biodegradation of low-density polyethylene using alkaliphilic bacterial consortium supplemented with iron oxide nanoparticles" (PDF). Philippine Science Letters. 12.
External links
edit- UniProt entry
- SCOP Berkley entry
- Type strain of Bacillus agaradhaerens at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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