Rank Species | Division Firmicutes Genus Clostridium Higher classification Clostridium | |
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Similar Bacteria, Acetogen, Moorella thermoacetica, Acetobacterium, Clostridia | ||
Clostridium ljungdahlii is an anaerobic, rod-shaped, motile, endospore-forming, gram-positive bacterium.
This species can ferment certain components of syngas into ethanol. It also possesses properties of electrosynthesis, producing acetate on cathodes.
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