# Alicyclobacillaceae

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Family of bacteria

Alicyclobacillaceae Scientific classification Domain: Bacteria Kingdom: Bacillati Phylum: Bacillota Class: Bacilli Order: Bacillales Family: Alicyclobacillaceae da Costa & Rainey, 2009[1] Genera Alicyclobacillus Collibacillus Effusibacillus Ferroacidibacillus "Fodinisporobacter" Kyrpidia Sulfoacidibacillus Tumebacillus

The **Alicyclobacillaceae** are a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [Gram-positive](/source/Gram-positive) [bacteria](/source/Bacteria). All members of this family are aerobic and form [endospores](/source/Endospores).[2]

The family contains four genera: *[Alicyclobacillus](/source/Alicyclobacillus)*, *[Effusibacillus](/source/Effusibacillus)*, *[Kyrpidia](/source/Kyrpidia)*, and *[Tumebacillus](/source/Tumebacillus)*.[2] When originally created in 2009, Alicyclobacillaceae was a [monophyletic](/source/Monophyly) family, only including genus *Alicyclobacillus*. In 2011, the novel genus *[Kyrpidia](/source/Kyrpidia)* was proposed and placed in family Alicyclobacillaceae, and *[Tumebacillus](/source/Tumebacillus)* was placed into the family as well.[3] In 2014, the novel genus *[Effusibacillus](/source/Effusibacillus)* was proposed and added as the fourth member of Alicyclobacillaceae.[2]

*Alicyclobacillus* is the largest genus in Alicyclobacillaceae, with over 20 validly published species. The species are all acidophilic and have thermally resistant endospores. Many species are common soil organisms. Certain *Alicyclobacillus* species (especially *[A. acidoterrestris](/source/Alicyclobacillus_acidoterrestris)*) have been implicated in spoilage of pasteurized fruit juice.[4]

*Effusibacillus* contains three species (as of 2019). Members of this genus have been isolated from a lake in Japan, a lake in Antarctica, and from the blood of a woman. *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.[2][5][6]

*Kyrpidia* contains two species (as of 2019). Both species of *Kyrpidia* have been isolated from areas of high volcanic activity in [Tuscany](/source/Tuscany), [Italy](/source/Italy), and the [Azores](/source/Azores). The optimum temperature for growth for both members of the genus is approximately 55 °C.[7][8]

*[Tumebacillus](/source/Tumebacillus)* contains 8 species. Members of this genus have been isolated from arctic permafrost, soil samples, cassava wastewater, decomposing algal scum, river water, and the gut of a vulture.[9] *Tumebacillus* was found during surveys of nasal airways of infants, an underground subway in Norway, and a mountain observatory in [Austria](/source/Austria).[10][11][12]

No member of Alicyclobacillaceae has been found to be infectious. *[Effusibacillus consociatus](/source/Effusibacillus_consociatus)* was isolated from human blood and *Tumebacillus* was found during a survey of nasal airways of infants, but in neither instance were the bacteria found to be the cause of infection.[10][6]

## Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the [List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature](/source/List_of_Prokaryotic_names_with_Standing_in_Nomenclature) (LPSN)[13] and [National Center for Biotechnology Information](/source/National_Center_for_Biotechnology_Information) (NCBI)[14]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024[15][16][17] 120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220[18][19][20] Alicyclobacillaceae Effusibacillus Watanabe, Kojima & Fukui 2014 Collibacillus Jojima et al. 2023 Tumebacillus Steven et al. 2008 Kyrpidia Klenk et al. 2012 Ferroacidibacillus Johnson et al. 2023 Sulfoacidibacillus Johnson et al. 2023 Alicyclobacillus Wisotzkey et al. 1992 Kyrpidiales Kyrpidiaceae Kyrpidia Tumebacillales BOQE01 Collibacillus Effusibacillaceae Effusibacillus Tumebacillaceae Tumebacillus Alicyclobacillales Sulfoacidibacillaceae Ferroacidibacillus Sulfoacidibacillus Alicyclobacillaceae Alicyclobacillus

## See also

- [List of bacterial orders](/source/List_of_bacterial_orders)

- [List of bacteria genera](/source/List_of_bacteria_genera)

## References

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Thermodesulfobacteriota "Anaeroferrophilia" Desulfarculia "Desulfatiglandia" Desulfobaccia Desulfobacteria Desulfobulbia "Desulfofervidia" Desulfomonilia Desulfovibrionia Desulfuromonadia Dissulfuribacteria Syntrophobacteria Syntrophia "Thermodesulfobacteriia" "Zymogenia" Incertae sedis "Babelota" "Babeliae" Fusobacteriota Fusobacteriia "Lindowiibacteriota" "Macinerneyibacteriota" "Macinerneyibacteriia" "Muiribacteriota" "Muiribacteriia" "Ozemibacteria" "Wallbacteriia" Spirochaetota "Brevinematia" "Brachyspirae" "Exilispiria" "Leptospiria" Spirochaetia Incertae sedis "Qinglongiota" "Qinglongiia" "Salinosulfoleibacteria" "Teskebacteria" GTDB 10-RS226; LTP_10_2024

Taxon identifiers Alicyclobacillaceae Wikidata: Q2516824 Wikispecies: Alicyclobacillaceae CoL: 672 EoL: 7787 EPPO: 1ALICF GBIF: 4704 IRMNG: 112942 ITIS: 956323 LPSN: alicyclobacillaceae NCBI: 186823 NZOR: 734091a8-cc29-45f6-93b2-892d66776f13 Open Tree of Life: 68428 SeqCode Registry: 2029 WoRMS: 570923

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