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SUBMITTER: Kopke M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2919952 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Köpke Michael M Held Claudia C Hujer Sandra S Liesegang Heiko H Wiezer Arnim A Wollherr Antje A Ehrenreich Armin A Liebl Wolfgang W Gottschalk Gerhard G Dürre Peter P
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20100702 29
Clostridium ljungdahlii is an anaerobic homoacetogen, able to ferment sugars, other organic compounds, or CO(2)/H(2) and synthesis gas (CO/H(2)). The latter feature makes it an interesting microbe for the biotech industry, as important bulk chemicals and proteins can be produced at the expense of CO(2), thus combining industrial needs with sustained reduction of CO and CO(2) in the atmosphere. Sequencing the complete genome of C. ljungdahlii revealed that it comprises 4,630,065 bp and is one of ...[more]