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Brevibacillus borstelensis

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Species of bacterium

Brevibacillus borstelensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Paenibacillaceae
Genus: Brevibacillus
Species: B. borstelensis
Binomial name
Brevibacillus borstelensis
(Shida et al. 1995)
Shida et al. 1996

Brevibacillus borstelensis is a Gram-positive, aerobic, rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacterium of the genus Brevibacillus. The genome of several B. borstelensis strains have been sequenced.

Brevibacillus borstelensis strain 707 is a thermophilic strain capable of degrading and using polyethylene as its sole source of carbon. This strain was shown to reduce the amount of polyethylene by 30% (30 days at 50°C) and demonstrates that nondegradable plastics like polyethylene can be degraded under appropriate conditions.

References

  1. Shida, O.; Takagi, H.; Kadowaki, K.; Udaka, S.; Nakamura, L.; Komagata, K. (January 1995). "Proposal of Bacillus reuszeri sp. nov., Bacillus formosus sp. nov., nom. rev., and Bacillus borstelensis sp. nov., nom. rev". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 43 (1): 93–100. doi:10.1099/00207713-45-1-93.
  2. Shida, O.; Takagi, H.; Kadowaki, K.; Komagata, K. (October 1996). "Proposal for two new genera, Brevibacillus gen. nov. and Aneurinibacillus gen. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 46 (4): 939–946. doi:10.1099/00207713-46-4-939. PMID 8863420.
  3. "Brevibacillus borstelensis". NCBI genome. National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
  4. Hadad, D.; Geresh, S.; Sivan, A. (May 2005). "Biodegradation of polyethylene by the thermophilic bacterium Brevibacillus borstelensis". Journal of Applied Microbiology. 98 (5): 1093–1100. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02553.x. PMID 15836478.

Further reading

  • Demir, Nazan; Nadaroglu, Hayrunnisa; Demir, Yasar; Isik, Ceyhun; Taskin, Esen; Adiguzel, Ahmet; Gulluce, Medine (29 March 2014). "Purification and characterization of an alkaline pectin lyase produced by a newly isolated Brevibacillus borstelensis (P35) and its applications in fruit juice and oil extraction". European Food Research and Technology. 239 (1): 127–135. doi:10.1007/s00217-014-2198-8. S2CID 84996740.

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Taxon identifiers
Brevibacillus borstelensis


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