Clostridium is a genus of anaerobic, Gram-positive bacteria. Species of Clostridium inhabit soils and the intestinal tract of animals, including humans. This genus includes several significant human pathogens, including the causative agents of botulism and tetanus. It also formerly included an important cause of diarrhea, Clostridioides difficile, which was reclassified into the Clostridioides genus in 2016.
1,3-Propanediol is the organic compound with the formula CH2(CH2OH)2. This 3-carbon diol is a colorless viscous liquid that is miscible with water.
In enzymology, a 1,3-propanediol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.202) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
Bioseparation of 1,3-propanediol is a biochemical process for production of 1,3-propanediol (PDO). PDO is an organic compound with many commercial applications. Conventionally, PDO is produced from crude oil products such as propylene or ethylene oxide. In recent years, however, companies such as DuPont are investing in the biological production of PDO using renewable feedstocks such as corn.
In molecular biology, cob(I)yrinic acid a,c-diamide adenosyltransferase EC 2.5.1.17 is an enzyme which catalyses the conversion of cobalamin into one of its coenzyme forms, adenosylcobalamin. Adenosylcobalamin is required as a cofactor for the activity of certain enzymes. AdoCbl contains an adenosyl moiety liganded to the cobalt ion of cobalamin via a covalent Co-C bond.
Clostridium autoethanogenum is an anaerobic bacterium that produces ethanol from carbon monoxide, in so-called syngas fermentation, being one of the few known microorganisms to do so. It is gram-positive, spore-forming, rod-like, motile, and was first isolated from rabbit feces. Its type strain is strain JA1-1. Its genome has been sequenced and the genes required for utilising carbon monoxide as a sole carbon and energy source have been determined.
Thermoclostridium stercorarium is a cellulolytic thermophilic bacterium. It is anaerobic, spore-forming and saccharoclastic, with cells being rod-shaped and 0.7 to 0.8 by 2.7 to 7.7 µm in size. Its genome has been sequenced.
Phaeodactylibacter is a genus from the family Lewinellaceae.
Pelobacter acetylenicus is a strictly anaerobic Gram-negative rod-shaped non-sporeforming bacterium of the genus Pelobacter. It was isolated from marine and freshwater sediments and can use acetylene (ethyne) as sole source of carbon and energy.
Shewanella benthica is an obligately piezophilic bacterium from the genus Shewanella that has been isolated from the sea cucumber Psychropotes longicauda from the Walvis Ridge. It was discovered at a depth of 10,898 meters by Japan Marine Science and Technology Center scientists using the Kaikō ROV in 1996.
Asanoa hainanensis is a Gram-positive and non-motile bacterium from the genus Asanoa which has been isolated from the rhizospheric soil of the fern Acrostichum speciosum from Wenchang, China.
Clostridium bowmanii is a psychrophilic, Gram-positive, anaerobic and spore-forming bacterium from the genus Clostridium.
Clostridium celatum is a Gram-positive and anaerobic bacterium from the genus Clostridium which has been isolated from human faeces.
Lacrimispora celerecrescens is a bacterium from the genus Lacrimispora.
Enterocloster citroniae, formerly Clostridium citroniae is a bacterium from the genus Enterocloster. The type species was isolated from a human infection in California in the United States.
Acetivibrio clariflavus is an anaerobic bacterium from the genus Acetivibrio which has been isolated from sludge from a cellulose-degrading bioreactor in Japan.
Clostridium drakei is a strictly anaerobic bacterium from the genus Clostridium which has been isolated from a coal mine pond in Germany.
Clostridium intestinale is a bacterium from the genus Clostridium which has been isolated from faeces of a cattle in Japan. Clostridium intestinale can cause bacteremia.
Clostridium jeddahense is a Gram-positive bacterium from the genus Clostridium which has been isolated from human faeces in Saudi Arabia.
Gallaecimonas xiamenensis is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped and motile bacterium from the genus of Gallaecimonas which has been isolated from seawater near the Xiamen Island in China.
