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Alicyclobacillus sendaiensis sp. nov., a novel acidophilic, slightly thermophilic species isolated from soil in Sendai, Japan

¹ Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba-yama 07, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan
² Research Laboratory, Higeta Shoyu Co. Ltd, Choshi, Chiba 288, Japan

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Tokuzo Nishino
nishino{at}mail.cc.tohoku.ac.jp

An acidophilic, slightly thermophilic bacterium, designated strain NTAP-1^T, that produces a thermostable extracellular acid collagenase activity with potential industrial applications was isolated from soil of Aoba-yama Park, Sendai, Japan. The temperature range for growth was 40–65 °C, with an optimum at 55 °C, and the pH range for growth was 2·5–6·5, with an optimum at pH 5·5. Analysis of the 16S rDNA sequence of strain NTAP-1^T showed that it is most closely related to strains of the genus Alicyclobacillus. Consistently, the major constituents of the cell-membrane lipid of strain NTAP-1^T were -alicyclic fatty acids. However, DNA–DNA reassociation studies showed only low similarities (less than 33 %) to any type strain of Alicyclobacillus. On the basis of the phenotypic and genotypic properties, a novel species is proposed, Alicyclobacillus sendaiensis sp. nov., represented by strain NTAP-1^T (=JCM 11817^T =ATCC BAA-609^T).

The DDBJ accession number for the 16S rDNA sequence of strain NTAP-1^T is AB084128.

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