Exploring the Genome of a Butyric Acid Producer, Clostridium butyricum INCQS635

Thiago Bruce; Fernanda Gomes Leite; Diogo Antonio Tschoeke; Milene Miranda; Nei Pereira Jr; Rogério Valle; Cristiane C Thompson; Fabiano L Thompson

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01169-14

Exploring the Genome of a Butyric Acid Producer, Clostridium butyricum INCQS635

Genome Announc. 2014 Nov 20;2(6):e01169-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01169-14.

Authors

Thiago Bruce¹, Fernanda Gomes Leite², Diogo Antonio Tschoeke³, Milene Miranda³, Nei Pereira Jr⁴, Rogério Valle⁵, Cristiane C Thompson³, Fabiano L Thompson⁶

Affiliations

¹ Faculdade de Tecnologia e Ciências, Grupo de Biotecnologia Ambiental, Salvador, BA, Brazil thbruce@gmail.com fabianothompson1@gmail.com.
² Faculdade de Tecnologia e Ciências, Grupo de Biotecnologia Ambiental, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
³ Laboratório de Microbiologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
⁴ Laboratório de Bioprocessos, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
⁵ Sage-Coppe, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
⁶ thbruce@gmail.com fabianothompson1@gmail.com.

Abstract

The draft genome sequence of Clostridium butyricum INCQS635 was obtained by means of ion sequencing. The genome provides further insight into the genetic repertoire involved with metabolic pathways related to the fermentation of different compounds and organic solvents synthesis (i.e., butyric acid) with biofuel applications.