''Effusibacillus'' is a genus of
Gram-positive
In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall.
The Gram stain is ...
,
rod-shaped
Bacterial cellular morphologies are the shapes that are characteristic of various types of bacteria and often key to their identification. Their direct examination under a light microscope enables the classification of these bacteria (and archae ...
, aerobic, spore-forming bacteria.
''Effusibacillus'' was first proposed in 2014 after a strain of bacteria was isolated from the sediment of a freshwater lake. While genetically similar to other members of the family ''Alicyclobacillaceae'', the strain was found to be distinct enough to require its own genus, and was named ''E. lacus.'' It was also found that two other previously described organisms in the genus ''Alicyclobacillus'', ''A. consociatus'' and ''A. pohliae'' belonged in this new genus. The name is derived from Latin ''effusus'' (disorderly) and ''bacillus'' (small rod), which refers to the various lengths of the cells microscopically.
Members of this genus have been isolated from a lake in Japan, a lake in Antarctica, and from the blood of a woman (in a non-infectious capacity). ''E. lacus'' and ''E. pohliae'' are both thermophiles, with optimum growth temperatures above 50 °C, while the optimum growth temperature for ''E. consociatus'' is 30 °C.
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the
List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
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and
National Center for Biotechnology Information
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See also
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List of bacterial orders
This article lists the orders of the Bacteria. The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
and the phylogeny is based on 16 ...
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List of bacteria genera
This article lists the genera of the bacteria
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References
Bacillales
Bacteria genera
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