Salipaludibacillus agaradhaerens

Salipaludibacillus agaradhaerens is a facultative anaerobe bacterium.[3] It is a gram positive, alkaliphilic and alkalitolerant, aerobic endospore-forming bacteria.

Salipaludibacillus agaradhaerens
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Firmicutes
Class:
Bacilli
Order:
Bacillales
Family:
Bacillaceae
Genus:
Salipaludibacillus
Species:
S. agaradhaerens
Binomial name
Salipaludibacillus agaradhaerens
(Nielsen et al. 1995) Sultanpuram and Mothe 2016[1][2]
Synonyms

Bacillus agaradhaerens[1]

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]

See also
  • Organisms breaking down plastic

References
  1. "Salipaludibacillus agaradhaerens (Bacillus agaradhaerens)". www.uniprot.org.
  2. Parte, A.C. "Salipaludibacillus". LPSN.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
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