Brevibacillus borstelensis

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.^[3]

Brevibacillus borstelensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Brevibacillales
Family:	Brevibacillaceae
Genus:	Brevibacillus
Species:	B. borstelensis
Binomial name
Brevibacillus borstelensis (Shida et al. 1995[1]) Shida et al. 1996[2]

Brevibacillus borstelensis strain 707 is a thermophilic strain capable of degrading and using polyethylene as its sole source of carbon.^[4] 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.