Genome and Transcriptome of Clostridium phytofermentans, Catalyst for the Direct Conversion of Plant Feedstocks to Fuels.

Clostridium phytofermentans was isolated from forest soil and is distinguished by its capacity to directly ferment plant cell wall polysaccharides into ethanol as the primary product, suggesting that it possesses unusual catabolic pathways. The objective of the present study was to understand the mo...

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Main Authors: Elsa Petit, Maddalena V Coppi, James C Hayes, Andrew C Tolonen, Thomas Warnick, William G Latouf, Danielle Amisano, Amy Biddle, Supratim Mukherjee, Natalia Ivanova, Athanassios Lykidis, Miriam Land, Loren Hauser, Nikos Kyrpides, Bernard Henrissat, Joanne Lau, Danny J Schnell, George M Church, Susan B Leschine, Jeffrey L Blanchard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118285