Query: NC_015687:250768 Clostridium acetobutylicum DSM 1731 chromosome, complete genome Lineage: Clostridium acetobutylicum; Clostridium; Clostridiaceae; Clostridiales; Firmicutes; Bacteria General Information: This organism is a benign saccharolytic and proteolytic soil bacterium capable of producing a number of organic solvents (solventogenic bacterium) through fermentation of various organic compounds. The first strains of C. acetobutyricum were isolated by Chaim Weizman during the World War I and used to develop industrial starch-based acetone, butanol and ethanol fermentation processes.
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General Information: Country: China; Environment: Soil, Salinewater; Isolation: Sediment of saline Lake Shangmatala in Inner Mongolia; Temp: Mesophile; Temp: 37C. Halopiger xanaduensis was first isolated from a saline lake in China. This organism requires a minimum of 15% NaCl for growth with optimum growth occurring at concentrations of 25%.