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Non-production of acetone and butanol by Clostridium acetobutylicum during glucose- and ammonium- limitation in continuous culture

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Normal amounts of acetone and butanol were formed during the fermentation of glucose in a defined minimal medium in pH-regulated batch cultures (pH 5.0). No solventogenesis occurred during glucose- or ammonium-limited growth in a chemostat. Moreover, the capacity to produce solvents appeared to be lost during growth in continuous culture, apparently together with the ability to form endospores.

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  1. Department of Botany and Microbiology, The University College of Wales, SY23 3DA, Aberystwyth, Dyfed, UK

    J. C. Gottschal & J. G. Morris

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Gottschal, J.C., Morris, J.G. Non-production of acetone and butanol by Clostridium acetobutylicum during glucose- and ammonium- limitation in continuous culture. Biotechnol Lett 3, 525–530 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00147566

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