Clostridium autoethanogenum
| Clostridium autoethanogenum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | "Firmicutes" |
| Class: | Clostridia |
| Order: | Clostridiales |
| Family: | Clostridiaceae |
| Genus: | Clostridium |
| Species: | C. autoethanogenum
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| Binomial name | |
| Clostridium autoethanogenum Abrini et al. 1994
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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]
Uses[]
This bacteria is the key to the technology developed by Lanzatech to create ethanol from waste carbon monoxide gas of factory emissions.
References[]
- ^ 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. PMC 3744686. PMID 23950130.
Further reading[]
- Guo, Ying; Xu, Jingliang; Zhang, Yu; Xu, Huijuan; Yuan, Zhenhong; Li, Dong (2010). "Medium optimization for ethanol production with Clostridium autoethanogenum with carbon monoxide as sole carbon source". Bioresource Technology. 101 (22): 8784–8789. doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2010.06.072. ISSN 0960-8524. PMID 20619639. *Cotter, Jacqueline L.; Chinn, Mari S.; Grunden, Amy M. (2008). "Ethanol and acetate production by Clostridium ljungdahlii and Clostridium autoethanogenum using resting cells". Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering. 32 (3): 369–380. doi:10.1007/s00449-008-0256-y. ISSN 1615-7591. PMID 18726618. S2CID 3041917.
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