2 Oct 2010

Genome sequence of the solvent-producing bacterium Clostridium carboxidivorans strain P7T.: "Publication Date: 2010 Oct PMID: 20729368
Authors: Paul, D. - Austin, F. W. - Arick, T. - Bridges, S. M. - Burgess, S. C. - Dandass, Y. S. - Lawrence, M. L.
Journal: J Bacteriol

Clostridium carboxidivorans strain P7(T) is a strictly anaerobic acetogenic bacterium that produces acetate, ethanol, butanol, and butyrate. The C. carboxidivorans genome contains all the genes for the carbonyl branch of the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway for CO(2) fixation, and it encodes enzymes for conversion of acetyl coenzyme A into butanol and butyrate.

(Via Journal of Bacteriology.)