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Anaerobic cellulolytic bacterium
<B><I>Clostridium cellulovorans</I> 743B</B>. <I>Clostridium cellulovorans</I> 743B (ATCC 35296) was isolated from a cellulose digester. This mesophilic organism is able to degrade cellulose at rates comparable to thermophilic bacterium. The sequence of this organism will provide information on the production and regulation of proteins involved in cellulose biodegradation.