%0 Journal Article %A Goto, Keiichi %A Mochida, Kaoru %A Kato, Yuko %A Asahara, Mika %A Fujita, Rieko %A An, Sun-Young %A Kasai, Hiroaki %A Yokota, Akira %T Proposal of six species of moderately thermophilic, acidophilic, endospore-forming bacteria: Alicyclobacillus contaminans sp. nov., Alicyclobacillus fastidiosus sp. nov., Alicyclobacillus kakegawensis sp. nov., Alicyclobacillus macrosporangiidus sp. nov., Alicyclobacillus sacchari sp. nov. and Alicyclobacillus shizuokensis sp. nov. %D 2007 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 57 %N 6 %P 1276-1285 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64692-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X Moderately thermophilic, acidophilic, spore-forming bacteria (146 strains) were isolated from various beverages and environments. Based on the results of sequence analysis of the hypervariable region of the 16S rRNA gene, eight of the strains represent novel species of the genus Alicyclobacillus. These strains were designated 3-A191T, 4-A336T, 5-A83JT, 5-A167N, 5-A239-2O-AT, E-8, RB718T and S-TABT. Phylogenetic analyses of 16S rRNA and DNA gyrase B subunit (gyrB) nucleotide sequences confirmed that the eight strains belonged to the Alicyclobacillus clade. Cells of the eight strains were Gram-positive or Gram-variable, strictly aerobic and rod-shaped. The strains grew well under acidic and moderately thermal conditions, produced acid from various sugars, contained menaquinone 7 as the major isoprenoid quinone and did not produce guaiacol. ω-Alicyclic fatty acids were the predominant lipid component of strains 4-A336T, 5-A83JT, 5-A167N, RB718T and S-TABT. No ω-alicyclic fatty acids were detected in strains 3-A191T, 5-A239-2O-AT or E-8, but iso- and anteiso-branched fatty acids and small amounts of straight-chain saturated fatty acids were detected instead. According to the DNA–DNA hybridization data and distinct morphological, physiological, chemotaxonomical and genetic traits, the eight strains represent six novel species within the genus Alicyclobacillus, for which the following names are proposed: Alicyclobacillus contaminans sp. nov. (type strain 3-A191T=DSM 17975T=IAM 15224T), Alicyclobacillus fastidiosus sp. nov. (type strain S-TABT=DSM 17978T=IAM 15229T), Alicyclobacillus kakegawensis sp. nov. (type strain 5-A83JT=DSM 17979T=IAM 15227T), Alicyclobacillus macrosporangiidus sp. nov. (type strain 5-A239-2O-AT=DSM 17980T=IAM 15370T), Alicyclobacillus sacchari sp. nov. (type strain RB718T=DSM 17974T=IAM 15230T) and Alicyclobacillus shizuokensis sp. nov. (type strain 4-A336T=DSM 17981T=IAM 15226T). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.64692-0