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Among twelve strains of Clostridium thermocellum isolated from faecal droppings of various herbivorous animals and birds, three of the strains, SS21, SS22 and SS19, produced 0.37, 0.33 and 0.32 g of ethanol per g of the substrate consumed and had ethanol to acetate ratios of 2.21, 2.45 and 1.72 respectively. These are the highest substrate conversion yields of ethanol amongst the wild strains of C. thermocellum reported so far. The optimum temperature and pH for growth and ethanol production were 60 °C and 7.5, respectively.
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Rani Sudha, K., Swamy, M.V. & Seenayya, G. High ethanol production by new isolates of Clostridium thermocellum . Biotechnol Lett 18, 957–962 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00154629
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