''Alicyclobacillus cellulosilyticus'' is a species of acidophilic, thermophilic, strictly aerobic,

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. The bacteria

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s negative and produce endospores. It was first "isolated from steamed Japanese cedar chips from a

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in Gobō, Wakayama

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." The species was first described in 2014, and the name refers to the species' ability to digest

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. The optimum growth temperature for ''A. cellulosilyticus'' is 55 °C, and can grow in the 40–67.5 °C range. The optimum pH is 4.8, and can grow in pH 3.5-6.5.

References

Bacteria described in 2014 Bacillales {{bacilli-stub