Clostridium ljungdahlii

Clostridium ljungdahlii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	"Firmicutes"
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Clostridiales
Family:	Clostridiaceae
Genus:	Clostridium
Species:	C. ljungdahlii
Binomial name
	Clostridium ljungdahlii; Tanner et al. 1993

Clostridium ljungdahlii is an anaerobic, rod-shaped, motile, endospore-forming, gram-positive bacterium.^[1] it is named after Lars G. Ljungdahl.^[2]

This species can ferment certain components of syngas into ethanol.^[3] It also possesses properties of electrosynthesis, producing acetate on cathodes.

Notes[]

^ Tanner, R.S., L.M. Miller, and D. Yang (1993) Clostridium ljungdahlii sp. nov., an acetogenic species in clostridial rRNA homology group I. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 43:232-6.
^ lpsn.dsmz.de, list of prokaryotic names with standing nomenclature.
^ Younesi, H., G. Najafpour, and A.R. Mohamed (2005) Ethanol and acetate production from synthesis gas via fermentation processes using anaerobic bacterium, Clostridium ljungdahlii. Biochem. Eng. J. 27:110-119

References[]

"Clostridium ljungdahlii (Tanner et al. 1993)". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
UniProt. "Clostridium ljungdahlii". Retrieved 2011-02-03.

External links[]

Type strain of Clostridium ljungdahlii at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

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[1] Tanner, R.S., L.M. Miller, and D. Yang (1993) Clostridium ljungdahlii sp. nov., an acetogenic species in clostridial rRNA homology group I. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 43:232-6.

[2] sn.dsmz.de, list of prokaryotic names with standing nomenclature.

[3] Younesi, H., G. Najafpour, and A.R. Mohamed (2005) Ethanol and acetate production from synthesis gas via fermentation processes using anaerobic bacterium, Clostridium ljungdahlii. Biochem. Eng. J. 27:110-119

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