Terrabacter aerolatus is a species of Gram-positive, nonmotile, non-endospore-forming bacteria.[1] Cells are either rods or coccoid. It was initially isolated from an air sample in Jeju Province, South Korea. The species was first described in 2007, and its name is derived from Latin aer (air) and latus (carried).

Terrabacter aerolatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Intrasporangiaceae
Genus: Terrabacter
Species:
T. aerolatus
Binomial name
Terrabacter aerolatus
Weon et al. 2007[1]

The optimum growth temperature for T. aerolatus is 30 °C and can grow in the 5-35 °C range. The optimum pH is 7.0-8.0, and can grow in pH 4.0-9.0.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Weon, H.-Y.; Schumann, P.; Kroppenstedt, R. M.; Kim, B.-Y.; Song, J.; Kwon, S.-W.; Go, S.-J.; Stackebrandt, E. (1 September 2007). "Terrabacter aerolatus sp. nov., isolated from an air sample". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (9): 2106–2109. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65040-0. PMID 17766880.