Brevibacillus borstelensis
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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.[3]
B. borstelensis strain 707 is a thermophilic strain capable of degrading and utilizing polyethylene as its sole source of carbon.[4] This strain was shown to reduce the amount of polyethylene by 30% (30 days at 50 °C) and demonstrates that non-degradable plastics like polyethylene can be degraded under appropriate conditions.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Brevibacillus borstelensis". NCBI genome. National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
- ^ 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.
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