Kingdom Bacteria Class Clostridia Genus Clostridium | Division Firmicutes Family Clostridiaceae Rank Species | |
Similar Clostridium ljungdahlii, Acetogen, Moorella thermoacetica, Acetobacterium, Clostridium kluyveri | ||
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. Its genome has been sequenced.
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