Query: NC_015687:1 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: Environment: Deep sea, Marine; Isolation: Black smoker wall, 3500m depth; Temp: Hyperthermophile; Temp: 75C; Country: Atlantic Ocean: Mid-Atlantic Ridge. This is a facultative chemolithoautotrophic hyperthermophilic sulfite reducer, isolated from abyssal black smokers.