Modeling Growth Kinetics, Interspecies Cell Fusion, and Metabolism of a Clostridium acetobutylicum/Clostridium ljungdahlii Syntrophic Coculture
Charles Foster, Kamil Charubin, Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis, Costas D. Maranas
Abstract
Widespread cell fusion and protein exchange between microbial organisms as observed in synthetic C. acetobutylicum / C. ljungdahlii culture is a novel observation that has not been explored in silico . The mechanisms responsible for the observed cell fusion events in this culture are still unknown.
Topics & Concepts
Clostridium acetobutylicumIn silicoClostridiumCell fusionBiochemistryChemistryBiologyBacteriaCellGeneGeneticsButanolEthanolMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionBiofuel production and bioconversionViral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects