Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris (DSM 3922, ATCC 49025, CIP 106132)

Name: Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris (DSM 3922, ATCC 49025, CIP 106132)
Creator: BacDive
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BacDive ID 400

Type strain

Strain Designation GD3B

Culture col. no. DSM 3922 ATCC 49025 CIP 106132 GD3B

NCBI tax ID(s) 1356854 1450

Special Collections DSMZ CIP

History <- Deinhard, GD3B CIP <- 2013, DSMZ <- K. Poralla, Bacillus acidoterrestris <- B. Hippchen <- Deinhard: strain GD3B

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Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris GD3B is a thermophilic, Gram-positive, rod-shaped prokaryote that was isolated from garden soil.

Gram-positive rod-shaped thermophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 1091

LMG 11152,ATCC 49025,DSM 3922,LMG 16906,CIP 106132,NCIMB 13137,KCTC 3457,CBMAI 244,CECT 7094,BCRC 17660,CCRC 17660

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:17:51

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Alicyclobacillaceae

Genus Alicyclobacillus

Species Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris

Full scientific name Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris (Deinhard et al. 1988) Wisotzkey et al. 1992

Synonyms (1)

Bacillus acidoterrestris

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris** (6)	Type strain
399	A. acidoterrestris DSM 2498
401	A. acidoterrestris B45, DSM 3923
402	A. acidoterrestris GD1A, DSM 3924
163224	A. acidoterrestris JCM 21546, IAM 15085
163225	A. acidoterrestris JCM 21547, IAM 15086
163226	A. acidoterrestris JCM 21548, IAM 15087

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
116022	positive	rod-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
41589	MEDIUM 313 - for Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris		Distilled water make up to (500.000 ml);Magnesium sulphate heptahydrate (0.180 g);Calcium chloride dihydrate (0.660 g);Glucose (5.000 g);Yeast extract (1.000 g);Ammonium sulphate (0.200 g);Potassium di-hydrogen phosphate (3.000 g);Agar solution - M0614(50
1510	ALICYCLOBACILLUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 402)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: ALICYCLOBACILLUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 402) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Glucose 5.0 g/l KH2PO4 3.0 g/l Yeast extract 2.0 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.5 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.25 g/l (NH4)2SO4 0.2 g/l H3BO3 0.0003 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.0002 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.0001 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 3e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 3e-05 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 2e-05 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 1e-05 g/l Distilled water
116022	CIP Medium 313	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
1510	positive	growth	45	thermophilic
41589	positive	growth	50	thermophilic
116022	positive	growth	25-55
116022	negative	growth	10

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH
116022		growth	6

Physiology and metabolism

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
116022	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
116022	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis
116022	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
116022	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
116022	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test	Methylred-test
116022	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
116022	17234 ChEBI	glucose		-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
116022	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
116022	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
116022	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
116022	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
116022	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
116022	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
116022	oxidase	-
68382	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	from API zym
116022	urease	-	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	+		from API zym

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	propanol degradation	100	7 of 7
66794	ribulose monophosphate pathway	100	2 of 2
66794	vitamin K metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	100	7 of 7
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	butanoate fermentation	100	4 of 4
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	100	3 of 3
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	taurine degradation	100	1 of 1
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	95.45	21 of 22
66794	photosynthesis	92.86	13 of 14
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	90.91	10 of 11
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	90	9 of 10
66794	threonine metabolism	90	9 of 10
66794	myo-inositol biosynthesis	90	9 of 10
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	methionine metabolism	88.46	23 of 26
66794	isoleucine metabolism	87.5	7 of 8
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	87.5	7 of 8
66794	alanine metabolism	86.21	25 of 29
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	85.71	12 of 14
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	85.71	6 of 7
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	81.25	13 of 16
66794	cellulose degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	3-chlorocatechol degradation	80	4 of 5
66794	phenol degradation	80	16 of 20
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	propionate fermentation	80	8 of 10
66794	citric acid cycle	78.57	11 of 14
66794	heme metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	77.78	7 of 9
66794	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	77.78	7 of 9
66794	NAD metabolism	77.78	14 of 18
66794	valine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	purine metabolism	77.66	73 of 94
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	76.92	10 of 13
66794	leucine metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
66794	vitamin B12 metabolism	76.47	26 of 34
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	gluconeogenesis	75	6 of 8
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	75	6 of 8
66794	flavin biosynthesis	73.33	11 of 15
66794	proline metabolism	72.73	8 of 11
66794	degradation of pentoses	71.43	20 of 28
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	71.43	20 of 28
66794	glutathione metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
66794	tryptophan metabolism	71.05	27 of 38
66794	glycolysis	70.59	12 of 17
66794	urea cycle	69.23	9 of 13
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	68.89	31 of 45
66794	octane oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	methane metabolism	66.67	2 of 3
66794	d-mannose degradation	66.67	6 of 9
66794	3-phenylpropionate degradation	66.67	10 of 15
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	66.67	4 of 6
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	65.38	17 of 26
66794	d-xylose degradation	63.64	7 of 11
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	63.64	7 of 11
66794	non-pathway related	63.16	24 of 38
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	histidine metabolism	62.07	18 of 29
66794	degradation of hexoses	61.11	11 of 18
66794	cysteine metabolism	61.11	11 of 18
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	60	6 of 10
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	gallate degradation	60	3 of 5
66794	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	60	3 of 5
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	60	3 of 5
66794	arginine metabolism	58.33	14 of 24
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	58.24	53 of 91
66794	lipid metabolism	58.06	18 of 31
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	57.14	4 of 7
66794	lysine metabolism	57.14	24 of 42
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	56.25	9 of 16
66794	lactate fermentation	50	2 of 4
66794	kanosamine biosynthesis II	50	1 of 2
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	ascorbate metabolism	50	11 of 22
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
66794	quinate degradation	50	1 of 2
66794	alginate biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	50	6 of 12
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	50	4 of 8
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	degradation of sugar acids	48	12 of 25
66794	polyamine pathway	47.83	11 of 23
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	46.15	6 of 13
66794	cholesterol biosynthesis	45.45	5 of 11
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	44.44	4 of 9
66794	tyrosine metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
66794	carotenoid biosynthesis	40.91	9 of 22
66794	glycine metabolism	40	4 of 10
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	40	4 of 10
66794	glycogen metabolism	40	2 of 5
66794	creatinine degradation	40	2 of 5
66794	sulfate reduction	38.46	5 of 13
66794	metabolism of disaccharids	36.36	4 of 11
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	33.33	3 of 9
66794	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	chlorophyll metabolism	33.33	6 of 18
66794	allantoin degradation	33.33	3 of 9
66794	cyanate degradation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	aclacinomycin biosynthesis	28.57	2 of 7
66794	benzoyl-CoA degradation	28.57	2 of 7
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	27.78	5 of 18
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	carnitine metabolism	25	2 of 8
66794	nitrate assimilation	22.22	2 of 9

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
116022	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

API biotype100

@ref	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
116022	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil
#Engineered	#Agriculture	#Garden

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
1510	garden soil
116022	Environment, Garden soil	Germany	DEU	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
1510	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
116022	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM2267424v1 assembly for Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris DSM 3922	complete	GCA_022674245	1450.13	8066909859	1450	95.91
66792	Alicyclobac_acidoter_v1 assembly for Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris ATCC 49025	contig	GCA_000444055	1356854.4	2558860250	1356854	28.35

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence	AB042057	1514	1450
20218	Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris strain ATCC 49025 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY573797	1494	1450
20218	Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris 16S rRNA gene, strain DSM 3922T	AJ133631	1482	1450
20218	Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris isolate Aaci36 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; 16S-23S internal transcribed spacer, complete sequence; and 23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	EU723608	564	1450
20218	Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris isolate Aaci39 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; 16S-23S internal transcribed spacer, complete sequence; and 23S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	EU723609	441	1450
20218	Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris strain DSM 3922 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	KF880724	1421	1450
20218	Bacillus sp. 16S ribosomal RNA	X60602	1432	1409

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
1510	51.6	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris ATCC 49025
NCBI: GCA_000444055

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	84.60	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	57.70	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	88.90	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	86.90	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris DSM 3922
NCBI: GCA_022674245.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	64.69	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	94.45	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	70.13	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	yes	88.07	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	70.39	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	78.71	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Clove, Cinnamon, and Peppermint Essential Oils as Antibiofilm Agents Against Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris.	Tyfa A, Kunicka-Styczynska A, Molska M, Gruska RM, Baryga A.	Molecules	10.3390/molecules30112312	2025
	Phosphoproteomics analysis of acid stress response of Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris in response to acid stress	Liu Y, Wu K, Jiao L, Shen R, Ran J, Wu Y.	Appl Microbiol Biotechnol		2025
	Using regression and Multifactorial Analysis of Variance to assess the effect of ascorbic, citric, and malic acids on spores and activated spores of Alicyclobacillusacidoterrestris	Bevilacqua A, Speranza B, Petruzzi L, Sinigaglia M, Corbo MR.	Food Microbiol		2023
Transcriptome	Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Profiling Uncovers Response Mechanisms of Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris DSM 3922^T to Acid Stress.	Xu J, Zhao N, Meng X, Li J, Zhang T, Xu R, Wei X, Fan M.	Microbiol Spectr	10.1128/spectrum.00022-23	2023
	Inactivation Effect of Thymoquinone on Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris Vegetative Cells, Spores, and Biofilms.	Fan Q, Liu C, Gao Z, Hu Z, Wang Z, Xiao J, Yuan Y, Yue T.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2021.679808	2021
	Role and Mechanism of Cold Plasma in Inactivating Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris in Apple Juice.	Ding H, Wang T, Sun Y, Zhang Y, Wei J, Cai R, Guo C, Yuan Y, Yue T.	Foods	10.3390/foods12071531	2023
	Combining the Powerful Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Pomegranate Waste Extracts with Whey Protein Coating-Forming Ability for Food Preservation Strategies.	Viggiano S, Argenziano R, Lordi A, Conte A, Del Nobile MA, Panzella L, Napolitano A.	Antioxidants (Basel)	10.3390/antiox13111394	2024
Pathogenicity	Clove Oil (Syzygium aromaticum L.) Activity against Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris Biofilm on Technical Surfaces.	Kunicka-Styczynska A, Tyfa A, Laskowski D, Plucinska A, Rajkowska K, Kowal K.	Molecules	10.3390/molecules25153334	2020
Genetics	Characterization and Genome Study of a Newly Isolated Temperate Phage Belonging to a New Genus Targeting Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris.	Shymialevich D, Wojcicki M, Swider O, Srednicka P, Sokolowska B.	Genes (Basel)	10.3390/genes14061303	2023
	Impact of Heating Rates on Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris Heat Resistance under Non-Isothermal Treatments and Use of Mathematical Modelling to Optimize Orange Juice Processing.	Huertas JP, Ros-Chumillas M, Garre A, Fernandez PS, Aznar A, Iguaz A, Esnoz A, Palop A.	Foods	10.3390/foods10071496	2021
	The effect of sporulation medium on Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris guaiacol production in apple juice	Molva C, Baysal AH.	Lebensm Wiss Technol	10.1016/j.lwt.2016.01.072	2016
	Application of a Krypton-Chlorine Excilamp To Control Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris Spores in Apple Juice and Identification of Its Sporicidal Mechanism.	Kang JW, Hong HN, Kang DH.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.00159-20	2020
	Evaluation of bioactivity of pomegranate fruit extract against Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris DSM 3922 vegetative cells and spores in apple juice	Molva C, Baysal AH.	Lebensm Wiss Technol	10.1016/j.lwt.2015.02.021	2015
	Antimicrobial activity of grape seed extract on Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris DSM 3922 vegetative cells and spores in apple juice	Molva C, Baysal AH.	Lebensm Wiss Technol	10.1016/j.lwt.2014.07.029	2015
Phylogeny	Genotypic and Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris: A Contribution to Species Characterization.	Bevilacqua A, Mischitelli M, Pietropaolo V, Ciuffreda E, Sinigaglia M, Corbo MR.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0141228	2015
Enzymology	Genetic Heterogeneity of Alicyclobacillus Strains Revealed by RFLP Analysis of vdc Region and rpoB Gene.	Dekowska A, Niezgoda J, Sokolowska B.	Biomed Res Int	10.1155/2018/9608756	2018
Enzymology	Immunomagnetic separation combined with polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris in apple juice.	Wang Z, Wang J, Yue T, Yuan Y, Cai R, Niu C.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0082376	2013
Phylogeny	Naive Bayesian classifier for rapid assignment of rRNA sequences into the new bacterial taxonomy.	Wang Q, Garrity GM, Tiedje JM, Cole JR.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.00062-07	2007
	Inactivation Kinetics of Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris Spores and Determination of Spore Germicidal Fluences Under UV-C Treatment.	Das Q, Arvaj L, Cooper A, Feng Z, Sasges M, Patras A, Khursigara CM, Balamurugan S.	J Food Prot	10.1016/j.jfp.2025.100473	2025
	Alicyclobacillus suci produces more guaiacol in media and has duplicate copies of vdcC compared to closely related Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris.	Roth K, Rana YS, Worobo R, Snyder AB.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.00422-24	2024
	Antibacterial Activity and Transcriptomic Analysis of Hesperetin against Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris Vegetative Cells.	Zhao S, Nan Y, Yao R, Wang L, Zeng X, Aadil RM, Shabbir MA.	Foods	10.3390/foods12173276	2023
	Combined high pressure and heat treatment effectively disintegrates spore membranes and inactivates Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris spores in acidic fruit juice beverage	Luong TSV, Moir C, Chandry PS, Pinfold T, Olivier S, Broussolle V, Bowman JP.	Innovative food science & emerging technologies : IFSET : the official scientific journal of the European Federation of Food Science and Technology.		2021
	Atmospheric cold plasma treatment effects on quality of cloudy apple juice during storage.	Ozen E, Mishra A, Singh RK.	J Food Sci	10.1111/1750-3841.70158	2025
	Inactivation efficacy and mechanisms of atmospheric cold plasma on Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris: Insight into the influence of growth temperature on survival.	Wang LH, Chen L, Zhao S, Huang Y, Zeng XA, Aadil RM.	Front Nutr	10.3389/fnut.2022.1012901	2022
	Development and validation of predictive models for the effect of storage temperature and pH on the growth boundaries and kinetics of Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris ATCC 49025 in fruit drinks	Kakagianni M, Kalantzi K, Beletsiotis E, Ghikas D, Lianou A, Koutsoumanis KP.	Food Microbiol		2018
	Adaptation by Type V-A and V-B CRISPR-Cas Systems Demonstrates Conserved Protospacer Selection Mechanisms Between Diverse CRISPR-Cas Types.	Wu WY, Jackson SA, Almendros C, Haagsma AC, Yilmaz S, Gort G, van der Oost J, Brouns SJJ, Staals RHJ.	CRISPR J	10.1089/crispr.2021.0150	2022
	Fruit Juice Spoilage by Alicyclobacillus: Detection and Control Methods-A Comprehensive Review.	Sourri P, Tassou CC, Nychas GE, Panagou EZ.	Foods	10.3390/foods11050747	2022
Enzymology	Thermophilic bacteria are potential sources of novel Rieske non-heme iron oxygenases.	Chakraborty J, Suzuki-Minakuchi C, Okada K, Nojiri H.	AMB Express	10.1186/s13568-016-0318-5	2017
Genetics	Genomic insight and physiological characterization of thermoacidophilic Alicyclobacillus isolated from Yellowstone National Park.	Kim HW, Kim NK, Phillips APR, Parker DA, Liu P, Whitaker RJ, Rao CV, Mackie RI.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2023.1232587	2023
Metabolism	AidB, a Novel Thermostable N-Acylhomoserine Lactonase from the Bacterium Bosea sp.	Zhang JW, Xuan CG, Lu CH, Guo S, Yu JF, Asif M, Jiang WJ, Zhou ZG, Luo ZQ, Zhang LQ.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02065-19	2019
Phylogeny	Bacterial diversity characterization in petroleum samples from Brazilian reservoirs.	de Oliveira VM, Sette LD, Simioni KC, Dos Santos Neto EV.	Braz J Microbiol	10.1590/s1517-83822008000300007	2008
	Discovery and Functional Characterization of Diverse Class 2 CRISPR-Cas Systems.	Shmakov S, Abudayyeh OO, Makarova KS, Wolf YI, Gootenberg JS, Semenova E, Minakhin L, Joung J, Konermann S, Severinov K, Zhang F, Koonin EV.	Mol Cell	10.1016/j.molcel.2015.10.008	2015
Stress	Inhibitory effects of high pressure and heat on Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris spores in apple juice.	Lee SY, Dougherty RH, Kang DH.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.68.8.4158-4161.2002	2002
	Discovery of Diverse CRISPR-Cas Systems and Expansion of the Genome Engineering Toolbox.	Koonin EV, Gootenberg JS, Abudayyeh OO.	Biochemistry	10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00159	2023
Enzymology	High Pressure Processing Applications in Plant Foods.	Houska M, Silva FVM, Evelyn, Buckow R, Terefe NS, Tonello C.	Foods	10.3390/foods11020223	2022
Genetics	Omics on bioleaching: current and future impacts.	Martinez P, Vera M, Bobadilla-Fazzini RA.	Appl Microbiol Biotechnol	10.1007/s00253-015-6903-8	2015
	Modeling the recovery of heat-treated Bacillus licheniformis Ad978 and Bacillus weihenstephanensis KBAB4 spores at suboptimal temperature and pH using growth limits.	Trunet C, Mtimet N, Mathot AG, Postollec F, Leguerinel I, Sohier D, Couvert O, Carlin F, Coroller L.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02520-14	2015
	Viability, Sublethal Injury, and Release of Cellular Components From Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris Spores and Cells After the Application of Physical Treatments, Natural Extracts, or Their Components.	Bevilacqua A, Petruzzi L, Speranza B, Campaniello D, Ciuffreda E, Altieri C, Sinigaglia M, Corbo MR	Front Nutr	10.3389/fnut.2021.700500	2021
Metabolism	Diversity and guaiacol production of Alicyclobacillus spp. from fruit juice and fruit-based beverages.	Van Luong TS, Moir CJ, Kaur M, Frank D, Bowman JP, Bradbury MI	Int J Food Microbiol	10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2019.108314	2019
Cultivation	The Role of Solid Support Bound Metal Chelators on System-Dependent Synergy and Antagonism with Nisin.	Herskovitz JE, Worobo RW, Goddard JM	J Food Sci	10.1111/1750-3841.14444	2019
Stress	Analysis of differential expression proteins reveals the key pathway in response to heat stress in Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris DSM 3922(T).	Feng X, He C, Jiao L, Liang X, Zhao R, Guo Y	Food Microbiol	10.1016/j.fm.2019.01.003	2019
Enzymology	Development and validation of predictive models for the effect of storage temperature and pH on the growth boundaries and kinetics of Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris ATCC 49025 in fruit drinks.	Kakagianni M, Kalantzi K, Beletsiotis E, Ghikas D, Lianou A, Koutsoumanis KP	Food Microbiol	10.1016/j.fm.2018.02.019	2018
Pathogenicity	Characterization and long term antimicrobial activity of the nisin anchored cellulose films.	Wu H, Teng C, Liu B, Tian H, Wang J	Int J Biol Macromol	10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.01.194	2018
Biotechnology	Inactivation of Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris ATCC 49025 spores in apple juice by pulsed light. Influence of initial contamination and required reduction levels.	Ferrario MI, Guerrero SN	Rev Argent Microbiol	10.1016/j.ram.2017.04.002	2017
	Modeling growth of Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris DSM 3922 type strain vegetative cells in the apple juice with nisin and lysozyme.	Molva C, Baysal AH	AIMS Microbiol	10.3934/microbiol.2017.2.315	2017
Biotechnology	Influence of high power ultrasound on selected moulds, yeasts and Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris in apple, cranberry and blueberry juice and nectar.	Rezek Jambrak A, Simunek M, Evacic S, Markov K, Smoljanic G, Frece J	Ultrasonics	10.1016/j.ultras.2017.02.011	2017
	Evaluation of hydrophobicity and quantitative analysis of biofilm formation by Alicyclobacillus sp.	Tyfa A, Kunicka-Styczynska A, Zabielska J	Acta Biochim Pol	10.18388/abp.2015_1133	2015
Biotechnology	Effects of pomegranate and pomegranate-apple blend juices on the growth characteristics of Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris DSM 3922 type strain vegetative cells and spores.	Molva C, Baysal AH	Int J Food Microbiol	10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2015.01.019	2015
	Study of the inactivation of spoilage microorganisms in apple juice by pulsed light and ultrasound.	Ferrario M, Alzamora SM, Guerrero S	Food Microbiol	10.1016/j.fm.2014.06.017	2014
Enzymology	Effect of sporulation medium on wet-heat resistance and structure of Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris DSM 3922-type strain spores and modeling of the inactivation kinetics in apple juice.	Molva C, Baysal AH	Int J Food Microbiol	10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2014.07.033	2014
Enzymology	UV-C light inactivation and modeling kinetics of Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris spores in white grape and apple juices.	Baysal AH, Molva C, Unluturk S	Int J Food Microbiol	10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.08.015	2013
Genetics	Draft Genome Sequence of Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris Strain ATCC 49025.	Shemesh M, Pasvolsky R, Sela N, Green SJ, Zakin V	Genome Announc	10.1128/genomeA.00638-13	2013
Enzymology	Purification and characterization of anti-Alicyclobacillus bacteriocin produced by Lactobacillus rhamnosus.	Yue T, Pei J, Yuan Y	J Food Prot	10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-12-496	2013
Stress	Expression of DnaJ gene in Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris under stress conditions by quantitative real-time PCR.	Jiao L, Fan M, Hua C, Wang S, Wei X	J Food Sci	10.1111/j.1750-3841.2012.02790.x	2012
Biotechnology	Kinetics models for the inactivation of Alicyclobacillus acidiphilus DSM14558(T) and Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris DSM 3922(T) in apple juice by ultrasound.	Wang J, Hu X, Wang Z	Int J Food Microbiol	10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.02.029	2010
	Using regression and Multifactorial Analysis of Variance to assess the effect of ascorbic, citric, and malic acids on spores and activated spores of Alicyclobacillusacidoterrestris.	Bevilacqua A, Speranza B, Petruzzi L, Sinigaglia M, Corbo MR	Food Microbiol	10.1016/j.fm.2022.104158	2022
	Inactivation of Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris spores, single or composite Escherichia coli and native microbiota in isotonic fruit-flavoured sports drinks processed by UV-C light.	Kozono L, Fenoglio D, Ferrario M, Guerrero S	Int J Food Microbiol	10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2022.110024	2022
Transcriptome	Unveiling the complete genome sequence of Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris DSM 3922T, a taint-producing strain.	Leonardo IC, Barreto Crespo MT, Gaspar FB	G3 (Bethesda)	10.1093/g3journal/jkac225	2022
Phylogeny	Alicyclobacillus fodiniaquatilis sp. nov., isolated from acid mine water.	Zhang B, Wu YF, Song JL, Huang ZS, Wang BJ, Liu SJ, Jiang CY	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.000695	2015

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