1984•Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyOpen access
Homoacetogenic Fermentation of Cellulose by a Coculture of Clostridium thermocellum and Acetogenium kivui
Pascale Le Ruyet, H.C. Dubourguier, Guy Albagnac
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Abstract
Interrelationships between methanogens and fermentative or hydrolytic bacteria are well documented; however, such cocultures do not allow a complete fermentation shift to a peculiar metabolite. We describe here a new stable association between Clostridium thermocellum and Acetogenium kivui which converts 1 mol of cellulose (anhydroglucose equivalent) into 2.7 mol of acetate.