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Clostridium formicoaceticum nov. spec. Isolation, description and distinction from C. aceticum and C. thermoaceticum

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Zusammenfassung

Clostridium formicoaceticum wird als eine neue Art beschrieben. Es vergärt Fructose und eine Reihe von Hexon- und Hexuronsäuren zu Acetat und Formiat. Während des Wachstums wird hauptsächlich Acetat gebildet; größere Mengen von Formiat erscheinen unter den Gärungsendprodukten erst in der stationären Wachstumsphase.

C. formicoaceticum ist mesophil. Es unterscheidet sich von C. aceticum durch sein Unvermögen, mit Wasserstoff und Kohlendioxid zu wachsen. Weiterhin kann molekularer Wasserstoff auch in Gegenwart einer organischen Energiequelle von C. formicoaceticum nicht für die Acetatsynthese genutzt werden.

Summary

A new species—Clostridium formicoaceticum—is described. It ferments fructose and several hexonic and hexuronic acids to acetate and formate. During active growth acetate is the main product of the fermentation. Considerable quantities of formate appear among the fermentation products in the stationary growth phase.

C. formicoaceticum is mesophilic. It differs from C. aceticum in its inability to grow on hydrogen plus carbon dioxide. Furthermore, hydrogen gas does not stimulate acetate production even in the presence of organic energy sources.

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Abbreviations

K-PO4 :

mixture of KH2PO4 and K2HPO4

TEA:

triethanolamine

YATP :

molar growth yield (g dry weight/mole ATP)

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  1. Institut für Mikrobiologie der Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

    J. R. Andreesen, G. Gottschalk & H. G. Schlegel

  2. Institut für Mikrobiologie in Göttingen der Gesellschaft für Strahlenforschung mbH, München, Germany

    J. R. Andreesen, G. Gottschalk & H. G. Schlegel

  3. Department of Biochemistry, The University of Georgia, 30601, Athens, Ga, U.S.A.

    J. R. Andreesen

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Andreesen, J.R., Gottschalk, G. & Schlegel, H.G. Clostridium formicoaceticum nov. spec. Isolation, description and distinction from C. aceticum and C. thermoaceticum . Archiv. Mikrobiol. 72, 154–174 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00409521

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