Complete Genome Sequence of a thermotolerant sporogenic lactic acid bacterium, Bacillus coagulans strain 36D1

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2011 · Standards in Genomic Sciences

OSTI ID:1045319

Xie, Gary ^[1]; Dalin, Eileen ^[2]; Tice, Hope ^[2]; Chertkov, Olga ^[1]; Land, Miriam L ^[3]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
2. U.S. Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute
3. ORNL

Bacillus coagulans is a ubiquitous soil bacterium that grows at 50-55 C and pH 5.0 and fer-ments various sugars that constitute plant biomass to L (+)-lactic acid. The ability of this sporogenic lactic acid bacterium to grow at 50-55 C and pH 5.0 makes this organism an attractive microbial biocatalyst for production of optically pure lactic acid at industrial scale not only from glucose derived from cellulose but also from xylose, a major constituent of hemi-cellulose. This bacterium is also considered as a potential probiotic. Complete genome squence of a representative strain, B. coagulans strain 36D1, is presented and discussed.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1045319
• Journal Information: Standards in Genomic Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 3; ISSN 1944-3277
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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