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Lacrimispora aerotolerans

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Lacrimispora aerotolerans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Division:
Firmicutes
Class:
Clostridia
Family:
Clostridiaceae
Genus:
Clostridium
Species:
Cl. aerotolerans
Binomial name
Clostridium aerotolerans
van Gylswyk and van der Toorn 1987; emend. Chamkha et al. 2001

Clostridium aerotolerans is an anaerobic, motile, gram-positive bacterium.

Cl. aerotolerans is xylanolytic, which means that these bacteria can digest the polysaccharides collectively known as xylan. Among this species' products are formic acid, acetic acid, lactic acids, ethanol, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen.

References

  • van Gylswyk, N. O.; van der Toorn, J. J. T. K. (1987), "Clostridium aerotolerans sp. nov., a Xylanolytic Bacterium from Corn Stover and from the Rumina of Sheep Fed Corn Stover", International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 37 (2): 102–105, doi:10.1099/00207713-37-2-102[permanent dead link]
  • "Clostridium aerotolerans: van Gylswyk and van der Toorn, 1987". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

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