Alicyclobacillus dauci

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| genus = Alicyclobacillus

| species = dauci

| authority = Nakano et al. 2015

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Alicyclobacillus dauci is a species of Gram positive, strictly aerobic, bacterium. The bacteria are acidophilic and produced endospores. It was first isolated from spoiled mixed vegetable and fruit juice. The species was first described in 2015, and the name is derived from the Latin dauci (of the carrot).{{cite journal |doi=10.1099/ijs.0.068957-0|title=Alicyclobacillus dauci sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic, acidophilic bacterium isolated from a spoiled mixed vegetable and fruit juice product|journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology|volume=65|pages=716–722|year=2014|last1=Nakano|first1=C|last2=Takahashi|first2=N|last3=Tanaka|first3=N|last4=Okada|first4=S|issue=Pt 2|pmid=25505343|doi-access=free}}

The optimum growth temperature for A. dauci is 40 °C, and can grow in the 20-50 °C range. The optimum pH is 4.0, and can grow in pH 3.0-6.0.