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Bin Liu1, Denny Popp1, Heike Sträuber1
1Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.
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|August 9, 2020
Abstract:
Hitherto, few species have been reported to convert lactate to n-caproate. Here, we report the high-quality draft genomes of three Clostridia strains isolated on lactate as the sole carbon source. The genomes were assembled using a hybrid short- and long-read sequencing approach. The genes involved in lactate-based chain elongation were identified.
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