Thermoclostridium stercorarium explained

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.^[1] Its genome has been sequenced.^[2]

Further reading

• Adelsberger H, Hertel C, Glawischnig E, Zverlov VV, Schwarz WH . Enzyme system of Clostridium stercorarium for hydrolysis of arabinoxylan: reconstitution of the in vivo system from recombinant enzymes. . Microbiology . 2004 . 150 . Pt 7 . 2257–66 . 15256568 . 10.1099/mic.0.27066-0 . free .
• Bronnenmeier. Karin. Staudenbauer. Walter L.. Purification and properties of an extracellular ?-glucosidase from the cellulolytic thermophile Clostridium stercorarium. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 28. 4–5. 1988. 380–386. 0175-7598. 10.1007/BF00268200. 12197849.

External links

• • LPSN
• Type strain of Clostridium stercorarium at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Madden. R. H.. Isolation and Characterization of Clostridium stercorarium sp. nov., Cellulolytic Thermophile. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 33. 4. 1983. 837–840. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-33-4-837. free.
2. Poehlein. A.. Zverlov. V. V.. Daniel. R.. Schwarz. W. H.. Liebl. W.. Complete Genome Sequence of Clostridium stercorarium subsp. stercorarium Strain DSM 8532, a Thermophilic Degrader of Plant Cell Wall Fibers. Genome Announcements. 1. 2. 2013. e00073-13–e00073-13. 2169-8287. 10.1128/genomeA.00073-13. 23516204. 3593316.