Effusibacillus pohliae

Effusibacillus pohliae is a species of Gram positive, aerobic, thermophilic bacterium. The cells are rod-shaped and form spores. It was first isolated from Mount Melbourne, Antarctica. The species is named after the genus of "Pohlia nutans", a species of moss that was colonizing the area where the type strain was isolated. "E. pohliae" has also been isolated from a geothermal heat pump in South Korea.
The species was originally grouped with genus "Alicyclobacillus". However, further research found that "A. pohliae" and "Alicyclobacillus consociatus" belonged in a newly described genus "Effusibacillus", and were renamed accordingly.
The optimum growth temperature for "E. pohliae" is 55 °C, and can grow in the 42-60 °C range. Its optimum pH is 5.0, and grows in pH range 4.5-7.5.