Thermophilic bacteria isolated from spoiled acidic beverages were identified on the basis of DNA-DNA homology and 16S ribosomal DNA sequence similarity to Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris. This result suggested that the isolates were a new type of spoilage bacterium in acidic beverages in Japan.
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Yamazaki et al. (1996) studied this question.