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Isolation and partial characterization of a non-motile mutant ofClostridium acetobutylicum

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A non-motile mutant ofClostridium acetobutylicum, morphologically indistinguishable from the motile parent, was capable of solvent production, suggesting that motility is not a regulatory trigger for solventogenesis. However, solventogenesis was considerably weaker than that of the parent, providing evidence of a positive relationship between solvent production and motility.

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Gutierrez, N.A., Maddox, I.S. Isolation and partial characterization of a non-motile mutant ofClostridium acetobutylicum . Biotechnol Lett 12, 853–856 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01022609

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