Clostridium autoethanogenum

Clostridium autoethanogenum
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Clostridia
Order: Clostridiales
Family: Clostridiaceae
Genus: Clostridium
Species:
C. 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]

Uses

This bacteria is the key to the technology developed by Lanzatech to create ethanol from waste carbon monoxide gas of factory emissions.

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. S2CID 206774310.
  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. PMC 3744686. PMID 23950130.

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