Clostridium beijerinckii

Clostridium beijerinckii
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Clostridia
Order: Clostridiales
Family: Clostridiaceae
Genus: Clostridium
Species:
C. beijerinckii
Binomial name
Clostridium beijerinckii
Donker 1926 (Approved Lists 1980)

Clostridium beijerinckii is a gram positive, rod shaped, motile bacterium of the genus Clostridium. It has been isolated from feces and soil. Produces oval to subterminal spores.[1] it is named after Martinus Beijerinck who is a Dutch bacteriologist.[2]

Industrially interesting for its ability to produce butanol, acetone and/or isopropanol at strictly anaerobic conditions at 37 °C using a wide range of substrates including (but not limited to) pentoses, hexoses and starch. Its ability to grow in simple, inexpensive media, stability in regard to strain degeneration, good adaptability to continuous processes and sustained production of solvents well into the log phase are other advantages of this bacterium.

Recent developments have shown it is a possible candidate for efficient hydrogen production.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Clostridium beijerinckii information Archived 2007-11-22 at the Wayback Machine from JGI
  2. ↑ lpsn.dsmz.de, list of prokaryotic names with standing nomenclature.
  3. ↑ An, Dan; Li, Qing; Wang, Xueqing; Yang, Honghui; Guo, Liejin (2014). "Characterization on hydrogen production performance of a newly isolated Clostridium beijerinckii YA001 using xylose". International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 39 (35): 19928–19936. doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.10.014.


This article is issued from Offline. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.