| Litchfieldia alkalitelluris |
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Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Caryophanales, Family Bacillaceae, Genus Litchfieldia, Litchfieldia alkalitelluris
(Lee et al. 2008) Gupta et al. 2020, type species of the genus.
Old synonym: Bacillus alkalitelluris Lee et al. 2008.
Species description is based on a single isolate.
(Lee et al. 2008) Gupta et al. 2020, type species of the genus.
Old synonym: Bacillus alkalitelluris Lee et al. 2008.
Species description is based on a single isolate.
Gram-positive rods, 0.4-0.5 x 2.4-3.0 µm. Motile by peritrichous flagella. Produce
ellipsoidal, terminal spores.
ellipsoidal, terminal spores.
Colonies on R2A are creamy, smooth and circular. Growth occurs at 15-40 ºC (optimally
at 30 ºC), at pH 7-11 (optimally at pH 9-9.5) and in 0-4% (w/v) NaCl (optimally in 0-1%
NaCl). Facultatively anaerobic.
at 30 ºC), at pH 7-11 (optimally at pH 9-9.5) and in 0-4% (w/v) NaCl (optimally in 0-1%
NaCl). Facultatively anaerobic.
Isolated from sandy soil near an abandoned mine in the Keumsan region of Korea.
Undetermined.
- Lee JC, Lee GS, Park DJ, Kim CJ. Bacillus alkalitelluris sp. nov., an alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from sandy soil. Int J Syst Evol
Microbiol 2008; 58:2629-2634. - Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. 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. Int J Syst Evol
Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798. - Shi R, Yin M, Tang SK, Lee JC, Park DJ, Zhang YJ, Kim CJ, Li WJ. Bacillus luteolus sp. nov., a halotolerant bacterium isolated from
a salt field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1344-1349.
Positive results for alkaline phosphatase, esterase (C4), esterase lipase (C8), aesculin hydrolysis, alpha-chymotrypsin, cystine
arylamidase, beta-galactosidase, beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, leucine arylamidase, naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase,
oxidase, trypsin, valine arylamidase, acid production from: potassium 5-ketogluconate, cellobiose, maltose and trehalose.
Can utilize as sole carbon source: acetate, benzoate, citrate, formate, L-glutamate, L-malate, succinate and D-xylose.
Negative results for acid phosphatase, caseinase, cellulase, chitinase, alpha-fucosidase, gelatinase, alpha-glucosidase, H2S
production, indole production, lipase (C14), alpha-mannosidase, nitrate reduction, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, Tweens 80, 60,
40 and 20 hydrolysis, urease, xanthine and hypoxanthine hydrolysis, acid production from: D-arabinose, D- and L-arabitol, D-adonitol,
arbutin, dulcitol, erythritol, D-fructose, D- and L-fucose, D-galactose, gentiobiose, glycogen, D-glucose, glycerol, gluconate,
2-ketogluconate, inositol, inulin, D-lactose, D-lyxose, D-mannose, melezitose, methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside, raffinose,
L-rhamnose, L-sorbose, D-sorbitol, starch, D-tagatose, turanose, methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside, xylitol and L-xylose.
No utilization of: L-arabinose, cellobiose, D-fructose, D-galactose, D-glucose, lactose, D-mannose, maltose, sucrose and pyruvate.
Variable results for catalase, starch hydrolysis, acid production from: L-arabinose, D-mannitol, salicin, sucrose and D-xylose.
arylamidase, beta-galactosidase, beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, leucine arylamidase, naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase,
oxidase, trypsin, valine arylamidase, acid production from: potassium 5-ketogluconate, cellobiose, maltose and trehalose.
Can utilize as sole carbon source: acetate, benzoate, citrate, formate, L-glutamate, L-malate, succinate and D-xylose.
Negative results for acid phosphatase, caseinase, cellulase, chitinase, alpha-fucosidase, gelatinase, alpha-glucosidase, H2S
production, indole production, lipase (C14), alpha-mannosidase, nitrate reduction, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, Tweens 80, 60,
40 and 20 hydrolysis, urease, xanthine and hypoxanthine hydrolysis, acid production from: D-arabinose, D- and L-arabitol, D-adonitol,
arbutin, dulcitol, erythritol, D-fructose, D- and L-fucose, D-galactose, gentiobiose, glycogen, D-glucose, glycerol, gluconate,
2-ketogluconate, inositol, inulin, D-lactose, D-lyxose, D-mannose, melezitose, methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside, raffinose,
L-rhamnose, L-sorbose, D-sorbitol, starch, D-tagatose, turanose, methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside, xylitol and L-xylose.
No utilization of: L-arabinose, cellobiose, D-fructose, D-galactose, D-glucose, lactose, D-mannose, maltose, sucrose and pyruvate.
Variable results for catalase, starch hydrolysis, acid production from: L-arabinose, D-mannitol, salicin, sucrose and D-xylose.
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