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Researchers Sequence Genome of Hydrogen-Producing Anaerobe

Posted on February 13, 2008

A team of researchers in Germany has sequenced the genome of the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium kluyveri, a well-studied organism unique among the clostridia in that it grows on ethanol and acetate as sole energy sources. Fermentation products are butyrate, caproate, and hydrogen. Circular representation of the chromosome and plasmid of C. kluyveri. Click to enlarge.The scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology; G ttingen Genomics Laboratory, Georg August University; and Fachbereiche Chemie and Biologie, Philipps-Universit t report their work in an open access ar...

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