{"id":16283,"date":"2023-10-25T05:55:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T00:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=16283"},"modified":"2025-04-04T08:13:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T02:43:55","slug":"sporanaerobium-hydrogeniformans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sporanaerobium-hydrogeniformans\/","title":{"rendered":"Sporanaerobium hydrogeniformans"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Sporanaerobium hydrogeniformans<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is part of the\u00a0Lachnospiraceae family, whose members are known as the most effective\u00a0polysaccharide degraders due to their capacity to synthesise free or complicated hydrolytic enzymes.<\/li>\n<li>The structural elements of lignocellulosic agricultural wastes, cellulose and xylan, can be broken down by this bacterium.<\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0can grow optimally at\u00a0high temperatures of 45\u201350\u00b0C\u00a0and an\u00a0alkaline pH of 8.0.<\/li>\n<li>The bacteria may be a candidate\u00a0for biohydrogen generation from agricultural leftovers in accordance with waste-to-energy legislation in India.<\/li>\n<li>The scientists found that the bacterium used the hexose and pentose sugars released during the hydrolysis of complex polymers like cellulose and xylan to make large amounts of\u00a0hydrogen gas and byproducts including acetic acid, formic acid, and ethanol.<\/li>\n<li>It is known that very few bacteria can use the sugars hexose and pentose at the same time.<\/li>\n<li>Due to this characteristic, the bacterium is a crucial strain for the industrial generation of biofuels.<\/li>\n<li>These new bacteria possess a special metabolic route for\u00a0converting\u00a0a variety of simple and complex substrates\u00a0into hydrogen and ethanol.<\/li>\n<li>Additionally, it emphasises the value of researching microbes in hostile habitats like hot springs, where rare and important species might be found.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is Ethanol?<\/h3>\n<p>Ethanol, also known as ethyl alcohol, is a type of alcohol that is commonly used in various industrial, medical, and recreational applications. It has the chemical formula C2H5OH. It is a clear, colorless liquid with a slightly sweet odor and taste.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dst.gov.in\/new-genus-anaerobic-lignocellulose-degrading-bacteria-hydrogen-production-capability-found-hot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>A new genus of anaerobic lignocellulose-degrading bacteria with hydrogen production capability found in a hot spring from Maharashtra<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sporanaerobium hydrogeniformans is part of the Lachnospiraceae family, whose members are known as the most effective polysaccharide degraders <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16283","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}