Clostridium ljungdahlii
Clostridium ljungdahlii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Division: | Firmicutes |
Class: | Clostridia |
Family: | Clostridiaceae |
Genus: | Clostridium |
Species: | Cl. ljungdahlii |
Binomial name | |
Clostridium ljungdahlii Tanner et al. 1993 | |
Clostridium ljungdahlii is an anaerobic, rod-shaped, motile, endospore-forming, gram-positive bacterium.[1]
This species can ferment certain components of syngas into ethanol.[2] 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.
- ↑ 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.
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