Clostridium stercorarium
| Clostridium stercorarium | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Division: | Firmicutes |
| Class: | Clostridia |
| Family: | Clostridiaceae |
| Genus: | Clostridium |
| Species: | Cl. stercorarium |
| Binomial name | |
| Clostridium stercorarium Madden 1983 | |
Clostridium stercorarium is a cellulolytic thermophilic bacteria. It is anaerobic, spore-forming and saccharoclastic, with cells being rod-shaped and 0.7 to 0.8 by 2.7 to 7.7 µm in size.[1] Its genome has been sequenced.[2]
References
- ↑ Madden, R. H. (1983). "Isolation and Characterization of Clostridium stercorarium sp. nov., Cellulolytic Thermophile". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 33 (4): 837–840. doi:10.1099/00207713-33-4-837. ISSN 0020-7713.
- ↑ Poehlein, A.; Zverlov, V. V.; Daniel, R.; Schwarz, W. H.; Liebl, W. (2013). "Complete Genome Sequence of Clostridium stercorarium subsp. stercorarium Strain DSM 8532, a Thermophilic Degrader of Plant Cell Wall Fibers". Genome Announcements 1 (2): e00073–13–e00073–13. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00073-13. ISSN 2169-8287.
Further Reading
- Adelsberger H, Hertel C, Glawischnig E, Zverlov VV, Schwarz WH (2004). "Enzyme system of Clostridium stercorarium for hydrolysis of arabinoxylan: reconstitution of the in vivo system from recombinant enzymes.". Microbiology 150 (Pt 7): 2257–66. doi:10.1099/mic.0.27066-0. PMID 15256568.
- Bronnenmeier, Karin; Staudenbauer, Walter L. (1988). "Purification and properties of an extracellular ?-glucosidase from the cellulolytic thermophile Clostridium stercorarium". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 28 (4-5): 380–386. doi:10.1007/BF00268200. ISSN 0175-7598.