Alicycliphilus

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2019

Authors

Olga C. Nunes (Author) FEUP; Célia M. Manaia (Author) Other; Ivone Vaz Moreira (Author) Other

Book

Title: Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria

Electronic ISBN: 9781118960608

Publisher: Wiley Online Library

Other information

DOI: 10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01825

Abstract (EN): Alicycliphilus (A.li.cy.cli'phi.lus. Gr. neut. n. aleiphar annointing oil; Gr. masc. n. kyklos circle or ring; Gr. masc. n. philos friend; N.L. masc. n. Alicyciphilus alicyclic compound liking, referring to the substrates used for the isolation of this organism). Proteobacteria / Betaproteobacteria / Burkholderiales / Comamonadaceae / Alicycliphilus Short rods, 1–2 μm long and 0.6 μm wide. Motile. Gram‐negative. Nonsporulating. Facultative anaerobe. Nitrate is reduced to N2. Mesophilic, with optimal growth at 28–30°C and pH 7.2–7.4 under aerobic or anoxic conditions. Chemoorganotroph, with strictly respiratory metabolism. Degrade aromatic and alicyclic compounds. Catalase‐ and cytochrome c oxidase‐positive. The respiratory quinone is ubiquinone 8, and major fatty acids are C16:1 ω7c, C16:0, and C18:1 ω7c. Major polar lipids are phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, and diphosphatidylglycerol. The type strain of the type species was isolated from a wastewater treatment plant, cultivated with cyclohexanol as sole carbon source and nitrate as electron acceptor. DNA G + C content (mol%): 66 (HPLC) or 67.9 (genome analysis, GenBank). Type species: Alicycliphilus denitrificans Mechichi et al. 2003VP.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific