Brevibacillus borstelensis is a Gram-positive, aerobic, rod-shaped, endospore-forming bacterium of the genus Brevibacillus. The genome of several B. borstelensis strains have been sequenced.
Brevibacillus borstelensis strain 707 is a thermophilic strain capable of degrading and using polyethylene as its sole source of carbon. This strain was shown to reduce the amount of polyethylene by 30% (30 days at 50°C) and demonstrates that nondegradable plastics like polyethylene can be degraded under appropriate conditions.
References
Further reading
- Demir, Nazan; Nadaroglu, Hayrunnisa; Demir, Yasar; Isik, Ceyhun; Taskin, Esen; Adiguzel, Ahmet; Gulluce, Medine (29 March 2014). "Purification and characterization of an alkaline pectin lyase produced by a newly isolated Brevibacillus borstelensis (P35) and its applications in fruit juice and oil extraction". European Food Research and Technology. 239 (1): 127–135. doi:10.1007/s00217-014-2198-8. S2CID 84996740.
External links
- Type strain of Brevibacillus borstelensis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
