Clostridium kluyveri is unique among the clostridia; it grows anaerobically on ethanol and
acetate as sole energy sources. Fermentation products are butyrate, caproate, and H2. We …

Clostridium aceticum was the first isolated autotrophic acetogen, converting CO2 plus H2 or
syngas to acetate. Its genome has now been completely sequenced and consists of a 4.2 …

Modern methods to develop microbe-based biomass conversion processes require a
system-level understanding of the microbes involved. Clostridium species have long been …

Clostridium ljungdahlii is an anaerobic homoacetogen, able to ferment sugars, other organic
compounds, or CO2/H2 and synthesis gas (CO/H2). The latter feature makes it an interesting …

Obligatory anaerobic bacteria are major contributors to the overall metabolism of soil and
the human gut. The metabolic pathways of these bacteria remain, however, poorly …

The species of Clostridium comprise a very heterogeneous assemblage of bacteria that do
not form a phylogenetically coherent group. It has been proposed previously that only a …

Background Clostridium sticklandii belongs to a cluster of non-pathogenic proteolytic
clostridia which utilize amino acids as carbon and energy sources. Isolated by TC Stadtman …

Methods for genetic manipulation of Clostridium ljungdahlii are of interest because of the
potential for production of fuels and other biocommodities from carbon dioxide via microbial …

Solventogenic clostridia are an important class of microorganisms that can produce various
biofuels. One of the bottlenecks in engineering clostridia stems from the fact that central …

The enzymes beta-hydroxybutyryl-coenzyme A (CoA) dehydrogenase (BHBD), crotonase,
and butyryl-CoA dehydrogenase (BCD) from Clostridium acetobutylicum are responsible for …