Title
Formation and Characterization of Non-Growth States in Clostridium Thermocellum: Spores and L-Forms
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-16-2012
Publication Title
BioMed Central Microbiology
Department
Thayer School of Engineering
Abstract
Clostridium thermocellum is an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium that exhibits high levels of cellulose solublization and produces ethanol as an end product of its metabolism. Using cellulosic biomass as a feedstock for fuel production is an attractive prospect, however, growth arrest can negatively impact ethanol production by fermentative microorganisms such as C. thermocellum. Understanding conditions that lead to non-growth states in C. thermocellum can positively influence process design and culturing conditions in order to optimize ethanol production in an industrial setting.
DOI
10.1186/1471-2180-12-180
Original Citation
Mearls, E.B., Izquierdo, J.A. & Lynd, L.R. Formation and characterization of non-growth states in Clostridium thermocellum: spores and L-forms. BMC Microbiol 12, 180 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-12-180
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Mearls, Elizabeth B.; Izquierdo, Javier A.; and Lynd, Lee R., "Formation and Characterization of Non-Growth States in Clostridium Thermocellum: Spores and L-Forms" (2012). Dartmouth Scholarship. 649.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/649
Comments
Elizabeth Mearls;Javier Izquierdo;Lee Lynd