A novel anaerobic, mesophilic, hydrogen-producing bacterium, designated strain M2/40T, was isolated from a mesophilic, two-phase, laboratory-scale biogas reactor fed continuously with maize silage supplemented with 5 % wheat straw. 16S rRNA gene sequence comparison revealed an affiliation to the genus Clostridiumsensu stricto (cluster I of the clostridia), with Clostridium cellulovorans as the closest characterized species, showing 93.8 % sequence similarity to the type strain. Cells of strain M2/40T were rods to elongated filamentous rods that showed variable Gram staining. Optimal growth occurred at 35 °C and at pH 7. Grown on glucose, the main fermentation products were H2, CO2, formate, lactate and propionate. The DNA G+C content was 29.6 mol%. The major fatty acids (>10 %) were C16 : 0, summed feature 10 (C18 : 1ω11c/ω9t/ω6t and/or unknown ECL 17.834) and C18 : 1ω11c dimethylacetal. Based on phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic differences, strain M2/40T represents a novel species within the genus Clostridium, for which we propose the name Clostridium bornimense sp. nov. The type strain is M2/40T ( = DSM 25664T = CECT 8097T).
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This study was supported by the:
German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV)
(Award 22017111 and 22020308)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Research Center/Cluster of Excellence ‘The Ocean in the Earth System’
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