Abstract
Clostridium clariflavum strain 4-2a, a novel strain isolated from a thermophilic biocompost pile, has demonstrated an extensive capability to utilize both cellulose and hemicellulose under thermophilic anaerobic conditions. Here, we report the draft genome of this strain.
Highlights
The ability of thermophilic clostridia to extensively degrade lignocellulosic materials and produce fermentation products that may serve as biocommodities makes them excellent candidates for consolidating bioprocessing applications [1]
The genome sequence of Clostridium clariflavum DSM 19732 revealed novel mechanisms among thermophilic clostridia to break down cellulose and hemicellulose [2]
The draft genome was generated at the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) using Illumina data [5] from a short-insert paired-end library with an average insert size of 270 bp, generating 24,015,970 reads, and an Illumina long-insert paired-end library with an average insert size of 6,484.62 bp, generating 25,583,980 reads and totaling 7,440 Mbp of Illumina data
Summary
The ability of thermophilic clostridia to extensively degrade lignocellulosic materials and produce fermentation products that may serve as biocommodities makes them excellent candidates for consolidating bioprocessing applications [1]. The genome sequence of Clostridium clariflavum DSM 19732 revealed novel mechanisms among thermophilic clostridia to break down cellulose and hemicellulose [2]. C. clariflavum strain 4-2a is a novel strain isolated from compost [3], which has demonstrated the additional ability to utilize xylose and considerably degrade unpretreated switchgrass [4].
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