Publication Type
Journal
Journal Name
Standards in Genomic Sciences
Publication Date
Page Numbers
331 to 340
Volume
5
Issue
3
Abstract
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 spo- rogenic lactic acid bacterium to grow at 50-55 °C and pH 5.0 makes this organism an attrac- tive 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 se- quence of a representative strain, B. coagulans strain 36D1, is presented and discussed.