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Clostridium thermocellum is a species able to convert cellulose to ethanol on complex medium. A systematic study of changes in the concentration of amino acids in the medium during growth of the bacterium has permitted us to obtain a chemically defined medium more effective than that hitherto used and to obtain some information about the use of amino acids by this bacterium.
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Vuillet, S., Spinnler, H.E. & Blachere, H. Analysis of amino acid requirements ofClostridium thermocellum . Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 23, 496–498 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02346067
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