Clostridium thermocellum bacteria examined for cellulosic ethanol options: research

February 8, 2011 |

In Germany, researchers at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) Department of Microbiology are studying Clostridium thermocellum for use in cellulosic ethanol production. This soil bacterium has altogether over 70 enzymes that it uses to degrade different parts of plant cell walls. Depending on whether it lives in straw, leaves or waste wood, C. thermocellum produces a different, effective enzyme complex on its surface to degrade the cellulose.

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