Using Co-Culture to Functionalize Clostridium Fermentation

Clostridium co-culture has emerged as a solution to some problems faced by Clostridium monoculture. Co-culturing Clostridium with cellulolytic strains or acetogens enables the production of butanol from cheaper substrates such as lignocellulosic biomass and syngas. Aerotolerance is possible in anaerobic Clostridium fermentation in co-cultures with oxygen-consuming microbes. Co-culturing solventogenic Clostridium with acetogens can improve the...