Clostridium phytofermentans

Clostridium phytofermentans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Division:	Firmicutes
Class:	Clostridia
Family:	Clostridiaceae
Genus:	Clostridium
Species:	Cl. phytofermentans
Binomial name
Clostridium phytofermentans Warnick et al. 2002

Clostridium phytofermentans is an obligately anaerobic, rod-shaped, gram-positive bacterium. It forms spherical spores. Strains of this species appear able to produce ethanol, acetate, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen gas by fermentation of cellulose, polygalacturonic acid, and other compounds common in plant biomass.^[1]

References

1. ^ Thomas A Warnick, Barbara A Meth, and Susan B Leschine. Clostridium phytofermentans sp. nov., a cellulolytic mesophile from forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol July 2002 52:1155-60; doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02125-0.

• Clostridium phytofermentans ISDg at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website.