Clostridium beijerinckii

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

{{Speciesbox

| genus = Clostridium

| species = beijerinckii

| image= Clostridium beijerinckii NRRL B-592 12.jpg

| authority = Donker 1926 (Approved Lists 1980)

| synonyms = * Clostridium diolis

}}

Clostridium beijerinckii is a gram positive, rod shaped, motile bacterium of the genus Clostridium. It has been isolated from feces and soil. Produces oval to subterminal spores.[http://genome.jgi-psf.org/finished_microbes/clobe/clobe.home.html Clostridium beijerinckii information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071122054923/http://genome.jgi-psf.org/finished_microbes/clobe/clobe.home.html |date=2007-11-22 }} from JGI it is named after Martinus Beijerinck who is a Dutch bacteriologist.[https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/clostridium lpsn.dsmz.de, list of prokaryotic names with standing nomenclature] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323220323/https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/clostridium |date=2020-03-23 }}.

Industrially interesting for its ability to produce butanol, acetone and/or isopropanol at strictly anaerobic conditions at 37 °C using a wide range of substrates including (but not limited to) pentoses, hexoses and starch. Its ability to grow in simple, inexpensive media, stability in regard to strain degeneration, good adaptability to continuous processes and sustained production of solvents well into the log phase are other advantages of this bacterium.{{ref|1}}

Recent developments have shown it is a possible candidate for efficient hydrogen production.{{cite journal | doi=10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.10.014 | volume=39 | issue=35 | title=Characterization on hydrogen production performance of a newly isolated Clostridium beijerinckii YA001 using xylose | journal=International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | pages=19928–19936| year=2014 | last1=An | first1=Dan | last2=Li | first2=Qing | last3=Wang | first3=Xueqing | last4=Yang | first4=Honghui | last5=Guo | first5=Liejin }}