Clostridium autoethanogenum

Clostridium autoethanogenum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Division: Firmicutes
Class: Clostridia
Family: Clostridiaceae
Genus: Clostridium
Species: Cl. autoethanogenum
Binomial name
Clostridium autoethanogenum
Abrini et al. 1994

Clostridium autoethanogenum is an anaerobic bacterium that produces ethanol from carbon monoxide, in so-called syngas fermentation, being one of the few known microorganisms to do so. It is gram-positive, spore-forming, rod-like, motile, and was first isolated from rabbit feces. Its type strain is strain JA1-1.[1] Its genome has been sequenced.[2]

References

  1. Abrini, Jamal; Naveau, Henry; Nyns, Edmond-Jacques (1994). "Clostridium autoethanogenum, sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium that produces ethanol from carbon monoxide". Archives of Microbiology. 161 (4): 345–351. doi:10.1007/BF00303591. ISSN 0302-8933.
  2. Bruno-Barcena, J. M.; Chinn, M. S.; Grunden, A. M. (2013). "Genome Sequence of the Autotrophic Acetogen Clostridium autoethanogenum JA1-1 Strain DSM 10061, a Producer of Ethanol from Carbon Monoxide". Genome Announcements. 1 (4): e00628–13–e00628–13. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00628-13. ISSN 2169-8287.

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