First Insight into the Genome Sequence of Clostridium thermobutyricum DSM 4928, a Butyrate-Producing Moderate Thermophile

Anja Poehlein; Abirami Anbalagan; Alexandra Nagel; Rolf Daniel

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00367-17

First Insight into the Genome Sequence of Clostridium thermobutyricum DSM 4928, a Butyrate-Producing Moderate Thermophile

Genome Announc. 2017 May 18;5(20):e00367-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00367-17.

Authors

Anja Poehlein¹, Abirami Anbalagan², Alexandra Nagel², Rolf Daniel³

Affiliations

¹ Genomic and Applied Microbiology & Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
² Members of the Applied Bioinformatics in Microbiology Course of the Microbiology and Biochemistry M.Sc./Ph.D. program, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
³ Genomic and Applied Microbiology & Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany rdaniel@gwdg.de.

Abstract

The moderately thermophilic and Gram-positive bacterium Clostridium thermobutyricum is strictly anaerobic and forms subterminally located endospores. It was isolated from horse manure compost. C. thermobutyricum produces butyrate as the main fermentation product. The draft genome consists of one circular chromosome (3.425 Mb) and contains 3,201 predicted protein-coding genes.