Clostridium autoethanogenum

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]

Clostridium autoethanogenum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Division:
Firmicutes
Class:
Clostridia
Family:
Clostridiaceae
Genus:
Clostridium
Species:
Cl. autoethanogenum
Binomial name
Clostridium autoethanogenum
Abrini et al. 1994

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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