March 2014
Authors:
Steven D Brown, Shilpa Nagaraju, Sagar Utturkar, Sashini De Tissera, Simón Segovia, Wayne Mitchell, Miriam L Land, Asela Dassanayake, and Michael Köpke
Info:
Scientists generated a closed, high-quality genome sequence for a Clostridium autoethanogenum strain capable of fermenting CO, CO2, and H2 into biofuels or industrial chemicals. They used BluePippin to collect fragments 4 Kb and greater for sequencing on the PacBio® platform. Among novel findings was the discovery that the organism has a CRISPR system, which may make it more amenable to use in biotechnology than closely related strains without that system.
Citation:
Biotechnology for Biofuels 2014, 7:40