Cellulose Clostridium bacillus

The degradation of cellulose by bacterial systems occurs both aerobically and anaerobically. The aerobic bacteria include Acidothennus cellulofyticus, CeUulomonas sp.. Bacillus sp.. Pseudomonas sp., CelMbrio sp., Cytophaga sp., Microbispora sp., and Thermomonospora sp. The anaerobic bacteria arc Acetivibrio cellulofyticus, Bacteroides sp., Clostridium sp., Ruminococcus sp., and Micromonospora sp. This review will cover some mesophilic and thermophilic cellulolytic bacteria, some of which have been reviewed by Ljungdahl and Eriksson (i), Coughlan and Ljungdahl (2), and Robson and Chambliss (5). 

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