Clostridium phytofermentans explained
Clostridium phytofermentans [1] (also called Lachnoclostridium phytofermentans) is an obligately anaerobic rod-shaped spore-forming, Gram-positive bacterium in the family Lachnospiraceae. It is a model organism of interest for its ability to ferment diverse plant polysaccharides [2] including cellulose, hemicellulose, and pectin to ethanol, acetate, and hydrogen. The C. phytofermentans 4.8 Mb genome has been fully sequenced,[3] revealing it contains over 170 enzymes in the CAZy database, though one hydrolase appears to be essential for degrading cellulose.[4]
This species is one of the many phylogenetically-problematic members of Clostridium. Yutin and Galperin proposed in 2013 to move it to its own genus Lachnoclostridium under Lachnospiraceae, but the publication was not validated under the Prokaryotic Code.[5] GTDB concurs with the assignment.[6]
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Notes and References
- Thomas A Warnick, Barbara A Meth, and Susan B Leschine. Clostridium phytofermentans sp. nov., a cellulolytic mesophile from forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol July 2002 52:1155-60; .
- Boutard et al. Functional Diversity of Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes Enabling a Bacterium to Ferment Plant Biomass. PLOS Genetics November 2014; .
- Petit et al. Genome and transcriptome of Clostridium phytofermentans, catalyst for the direct conversion of plant feedstocks to fuels. PLOS One June 2015; .
- Tolonen. Andrew C.. Chilaka, Amanda C.. Church, George M.. Targeted gene inactivation in Clostridium phytofermentans shows that cellulose degradation requires the family 9 hydrolase Cphy3367. Molecular Microbiology. 1 December 2009. 74. 6. 1300–1313. 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06890.x. 19775243. 2810439.
- Yutin. N. Lachnoclostridium. LPSN.
- Web site: GTDB - GCF_000018685.1 . gtdb.ecogenomic.org.
