Question

Identify one useful microbe for the industrial production of Butyric acid:

• A. Aspergillus niger
• B. Acetobacter aceti
• C. Clostridium
• D. Lactobacillus

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Clostridium

• For commercial purposes Clostridium species are used preferably for butyric acid or butanol production.

• Their characteristics are: gram-positivity, chemo-organotrophy, strict anaerobiosis and spore formation.