Clostridium cellulovorans

Clostridium cellulovorans
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Clostridia
Order: Clostridiales
Family: Clostridiaceae
Genus: Clostridium
Species:
C. cellulovorans
Binomial name
Clostridium cellulovorans
Sleat et al. 1985

Clostridium cellulovorans is an anaerobic, mesophilic, spore-forming cellulolytic bacterium. Its cells are gram-negative and are non-motile rods which form oblong spores. The type strain is 743B (ATCC 35296).[1] Its role as an object of study is based on the latter notion.[2][3]

References

  1. Sleat R, Mah RA, Robinson R (July 1984). "Isolation and Characterization of an Anaerobic, Cellulolytic Bacterium, Clostridium cellulovorans sp. nov". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 48 (1): 88–93. doi:10.1128/AEM.48.1.88-93.1984. PMC 240319. PMID 16346602.
  2. Doi RH, Tamaru Y (2001). "The Clostridium cellulovorans cellulosome: an enzyme complex with plant cell wall degrading activity". The Chemical Record. 1 (1): 24–32. doi:10.1002/1528-0691(2001)1:1<24::aid-tcr5>3.3.co;2-n. PMID 11893054.
  3. Arai, Takamitsu; Kosugi, Akihiko; Chan, Helen; Koukiekolo, Roger; Yukawa, Hideaki; Inui, Masayuki; Doi, Roy H. (2006). "Properties of cellulosomal family 9 cellulases from Clostridium cellulovorans". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 71 (5): 654–660. doi:10.1007/s00253-005-0249-6. ISSN 0175-7598. PMID 16532315. S2CID 6345540.

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