Description of<i>Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus</i>gen. nov., sp. nov: An obligately anaerobic, extremely thermophilic, cellulolytic bacterium

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Authors

Fred A. Rainey · Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures

A. Donnison · University of Waikato

Peter H. Janssen · University of Waikato

David J. Saul · University of Auckland

Allen G. Rodrigo · University of Auckland

Peter L. Bergquist · University of Auckland

Roy M. Daniel

Abstract

A new obligately anaerobic, extremely thermophilic, cellulolytic bacterium is described. The strain designated Tp8T 6331 is differentiated from thermophilic cellulolytic clostridia on the basis of physiological characteristics and phylogenetic position within the Bacillus/Clostridium subphylum of the Gram-positive bacteria. Strain Tp8T 6331 is assigned to a new genus Caldicellulosiruptor, as Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus gen., nov., sp. nov.

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Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Microbial Metabolism and Applications

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Published in: FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volume 120, Issue 3, pp. 263-266

DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1994.tb07043.x

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Description of<i>Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus</i>gen. nov., sp. nov: An obligately anaerobic, extremely thermophilic, cellulolytic bacterium

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