Clostridium autoethanogenum

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

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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