Acidicapsa ligni
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Acidicapsa ligni is a Gram-negative, short rods and non-motile bacterium from the genus of Acidicapsa which has been isolated from decaying wood from a broadleaf forest in Netherlands.[1][3][4]
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Acidicapsa ligni | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Acidobacteriota |
Class: | "Acidobacteriia" |
Order: | Acidobacteriales |
Family: | Acidobacteriaceae |
Genus: | Acidicapsa |
Species: | A. ligni |
Binomial name | |
Acidicapsa ligni Kulichevskaya et al. 2012[1] | |
Type strain | |
LMG 26244, NCCB 100371, VKM B-2677, WH120[2] |
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A. ligni is an anicidophilic bacterium, thriving in the acidic environmental conditions created by the fungal decay of wood. With a pH growth range of 3.5-6.4 and an optimum around pH 4.0-4.5.it is well-adapted to the low pH levels found in rotting wood ecosystems. This bacterium is an aerobic chemoheterotroph, obtaining its energy and carbon from the breakdown of organic compounds.[5]