TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - BIOTECHNOLOGY - Preferred Bacterium: The isolated Clostridium bacterium is genetically modified to express one or more heterologous genes; to enhance the activity of one or more endogenous enzymes; or to inhibit expression of one or more endogenous genes. Preferred Method: Producing fermentation end-product, comprises: (a) contacting a carbonaceous biomass with an isolated Clostridium bacterium in a medium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises a 16S rRNA nucleotide sequence encoded in part by a nucleotide sequence with greater than 99.8% identity to SEQ ID NO. 13; and (b) incubating the carbonaceous biomass, medium, and Clostridium bacterium for a sufficient amount of time to produce the fermentation end-product. Producing fermentation end-product, comprises: (a) contacting a carbonaceous biomass with an isolated microorganism in a medium, where the isolated microorganism comprises one or more nucleotide sequences comprising at least 400 nucleotides with at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 17-42, where the nucleotide sequences encode for a protein or protein fragment; and (b) incubating the carbonaceous biomass, medium, and the microorganism for a sufficient amount of time to produce the fermentation end-product. Producing fermentation end-product, comprises: (a) contacting a carbonaceous biomass with an isolated Clostridium bacterium in a medium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises a 16S rRNA nucleotide sequence encoded in part by SEQ ID NO. 13; and (b) incubating the carbonaceous biomass, medium, and Clostridium bacterium for a sufficient amount of time to produce the fermentation end-product. Producing fermentation end-product, comprises: (a) contacting a carbonaceous biomass with an isolated Clostridium bacterium in a medium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises one or more nucleotide sequences comprising at least 400 nucleotides with at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 17-42, where the nucleotide sequences encode for a protein or protein fragment; and (b) incubating the carbonaceous biomass, medium, and Clostridium bacterium for a sufficient amount of time to produce the fermentation end-product. Producing fermentation end-product, comprises: (a) contacting a carbonaceous biomass with an isolated Clostridium bacterium in a medium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises one or more nucleotide sequences comprising at least 400 nucleotides with at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 1, where the nucleotide sequences encode for a protein or protein fragment; and (b) incubating the carbonaceous biomass, medium, and Clostridium bacterium for a sufficient amount of time to produce the fermentation end-product. Producing fermentation end-product, comprises: (a) contacting a carbonaceous biomass with an isolated Clostridium bacterium in a medium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises: (i) a 16S rRNA nucleotide sequence encoded in part by a nucleotide sequence with greater than 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 13; and (ii) one or more nucleotide sequences comprising at least 400 nucleotides with at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 17-42, where the nucleotide sequence encodes for a protein or protein fragment; and (b) incubating the carbonaceous biomass, medium, and Clostridium bacterium for a sufficient amount of time to produce the fermentation end-product. Producing fermentation end-product, comprises: (a) contacting a carbonaceous biomass with an isolated Clostridium bacterium in a medium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises: (i) a 16S rRNA nucleotide sequence encoded in part by a nucleotide sequence with greater than 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 13; and (ii) one or more nucleotide sequences comprising at least 400 nucleotides with at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 1, where the nucleotide sequences encode for a protein or protein fragment; and (b) incubating the carbonaceous biomass, medium, and Clostridium bacterium for a sufficient amount of time to produce the fermentation end-product. Producing fermentation end-product, comprises: (a) contacting a carbonaceous biomass with an isolated Clostridium bacterium in a medium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium is deposited under NRRL Accession Numbers NRRL B-50361, NRRL B-50362, or NRRL B-50363; and (b) incubating the carbonaceous biomass, medium, and Clostridium bacterium for a sufficient amount of time to produce the fermentation end-product. Producing fermentation end-product, comprises: (a) culturing a medium comprising an isolated Clostridium bacterium for a period of time under conditions suitable for production of the fermentation end-product by the isolated Clostridium bacterium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises a 16S rRNA nucleotide sequence encoded in part by a nucleotide sequence with greater than 99.8% identity to SEQ ID NO. 13; and (b) harvesting the fermentation end-product from the medium. Producing fermentation end-product, comprises: (a) culturing a medium comprising an isolated Clostridium bacterium for a period of time under conditions suitable for production of the fermentation end-product by the isolated Clostridium bacterium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises a 16S rRNA nucleotide sequence encoded in part by SEQ ID NO. 13; and (b) harvesting the fermentation end-product from the medium. Producing fermentation end-product, comprises: (a) culturing a medium comprising an isolated Clostridium bacterium for a period of time under conditions suitable for production of the fermentation end-product by the isolated Clostridium bacterium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises one or more nucleotide sequences comprising at least 400 nucleotides with at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 17-42, where the nucleotide sequences encode for a protein or protein fragment; and (b) harvesting the fermentation end-product from the medium. Producing fermentation end-product, comprises: (a) culturing a medium comprising an isolated Clostridium bacterium for a period of time under conditions suitable for production of the fermentation end-product by the isolated Clostridium bacterium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises one or more nucleotide sequences comprising at least 400 nucleotides with at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 1, where the nucleotide sequences encode for a protein or protein fragment; and (b) harvesting the fermentation end-product from the medium. Producing fermentation end-product, comprises: (a) culturing a medium comprising an isolated Clostridium bacterium for a period of time under conditions suitable for production of the fermentation end-product by the isolated Clostridium bacterium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises: (i) a 16S rRNA nucleotide sequence encoded in part by a nucleotide sequence with greater than 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 13; and (ii) one or more nucleotide sequences comprising at least 400 nucleotides with at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 17-42, where the nucleotide sequence encodes for a protein or protein fragment; and (b) harvesting the fermentation end-product from the medium. Producing fermentation end-product, comprises: (a) culturing a medium comprising an isolated Clostridium bacterium for a period of time under conditions suitable for production of the fermentation end-product by the isolated Clostridium bacterium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises: (i) a 16S rRNA nucleotide sequence encoded in part by a nucleotide sequence with greater than 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 13; and (ii) one or more nucleotide sequences comprising at least 400 nucleotides with at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 1, where the nucleotide sequences encode for a protein or protein fragment; and (b) harvesting the fermentation end-product from the medium. Producing fermentation end-product, comprises: (a) culturing a medium comprising an isolated Clostridium bacterium for a period of time under conditions suitable for production of the fermentation end-product by the isolated Clostridium bacterium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium is deposited under NRRL Accession Numbers NRRL B-50361, NRRL B-50362, or NRRL B-50363; and (b) harvesting the fermentation end-product from the medium. Producing ethanol, comprises: (a) contacting a carbonaceous biomass with an isolated Clostridium bacterium in a medium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises a 16S rRNA nucleotide sequence encoded in part by a nucleotide sequence with greater than 99.8% identity to SEQ ID NO. 13; and (b) incubating the carbonaceous biomass, medium, and Clostridium bacterium for a sufficient amount of time to produce the ethanol. Producing ethanol, comprises: (a) contacting a carbonaceous biomass with an isolated Clostridium bacterium in a medium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises a 16S rRNA nucleotide sequence encoded in part by SEQ ID NO. 13; and (b) incubating the carbonaceous biomass, medium, and Clostridium bacterium for a sufficient amount of time to produce the ethanol. Producing ethanol, comprises: (a) contacting a carbonaceous biomass with an isolated Clostridium bacterium in a medium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises one or more nucleotide sequences comprising at least 400 nucleotides with at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 17-42, where the nucleotide sequences encode for a protein or protein fragment; and (b) incubating the carbonaceous biomass, medium, and Clostridium bacterium for a sufficient amount of time to produce the ethanol. Producing ethanol, comprises: (a) contacting a carbonaceous biomass with an isolated Clostridium bacterium in a medium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises one or more nucleotide sequences comprising at least 400 nucleotides with at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 1, where the nucleotide sequences encode for a protein or protein fragment; and (b) incubating the carbonaceous biomass, medium, and Clostridium bacterium for a sufficient amount of time to produce the ethanol. Producing ethanol, comprises: (a) contacting a carbonaceous biomass with an isolated Clostridium bacterium in a medium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises: (i) a 16S rRNA nucleotide sequence encoded in part by a nucleotide sequence with greater than 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 13; and (ii) one or more nucleotide sequences comprising at least 400 nucleotides with at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 17-42, where the nucleotide sequence encodes for a protein or protein fragment; and (b) incubating the carbonaceous biomass, medium, and Clostridium bacterium for a sufficient amount of time to produce the ethanol. Producing ethanol, comprises: (a) contacting a carbonaceous biomass with an isolated Clostridium bacterium in a medium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises: (i) a 16S rRNA nucleotide sequence encoded in part by a nucleotide sequence with greater than 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 13; and (ii) one or more nucleotide sequences comprising at least 400 nucleotides with at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 1, where the nucleotide sequences encode for a protein or protein fragment; and (b) incubating the carbonaceous biomass, medium, and Clostridium bacterium for a sufficient amount of time to produce the ethanol. Producing ethanol, comprises: (a) contacting a carbonaceous biomass with an isolated Clostridium bacterium in a medium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium is deposited under NRRL Accession Numbers NRRL B-50361, NRRL B-50362, or NRRL B-50363; and (b) incubating the carbonaceous biomass, medium, and Clostridium bacterium for a sufficient amount of time to produce the ethanol. Growing isolated Gram-positive bacterium, designated Clostridium sp. Q.D, where the bacterium is an anaerobic, obligate mesophile that produces beige-pigmented colonies, where the bacterium can ferment C5 and C6 carbohydrates into ethanol, organic acids, biofuels and other chemicals, comprises culturing the bacterium at a temperature and in a medium effective to promote growth of the bacterium. Converting organic material into chemical energy comprises contacting the organic material with an effective amount of a bacterial catalyst comprising an isolated Gram-positive bacterium, where the bacterium is an anaerobic, obligate mesophile that produces colonies that are beige pigmented, where the bacterium can use cellulose or xylose as a sole carbon source and can reduce acetaldehyde into ethanol. Preferred System: System for producing fermentation end-product comprises: (a) a fermentation vessel; (b) a carbonaceous biomass; (c) an isolated Clostridium bacterium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises a 16S rRNA nucleotide sequence encoded in part by SEQ ID NO. 133; and (d) a medium. System for producing fermentation end-product comprises: (a) a fermentation vessel; (b) a carbonaceous biomass; (c) an isolated Clostridium bacterium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises one or more nucleotide sequences comprising at least 400 nucleotides with at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 17-42, where the nucleotide sequences encode for a protein or protein fragment; and, (d) a medium. System for producing fermentation end-product comprises: (a) a fermentation vessel; (b) a carbonaceous biomass; (c) an isolated Clostridium bacterium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises one or more nucleotide sequences comprising at least 400 nucleotides with at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 1, where the nucleotide sequences encode for a protein or protein fragment; and (d) a medium. System for producing fermentation end-product comprises: (a) a fermentation vessel; (b) a carbonaceous biomass; (c) an isolated Clostridium bacterium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises: (i) a 16S rRNA nucleotide sequence encoded in part by a nucleotide sequence with greater than 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 13; and (ii) one or more nucleotide sequences comprising at least 400 nucleotides with at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 17-42, where the nucleotide sequence encodes for a protein or protein fragment; and (d) a medium. System for producing fermentation end-product comprises: (a) a fermentation vessel; (b) a carbonaceous biomass; (c) an isolated Clostridium bacterium, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises: (i) a 16S rRNA nucleotide sequence encoded in part by a nucleotide sequence with greater than 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 13; and (ii) one or more nucleotide sequences comprising at least 400 nucleotides with at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 1, where the nucleotide sequences encode for a protein or protein fragment; and (d) a medium. System for producing fermentation end-product comprises: (a) a fermentation vessel; (b) a carbonaceous biomass; (c) an isolated Clostridium bacterium, the isolated Clostridium bacterium is deposited under NRRL Accession Numbers NRRL B-50361, NRRL B-50362, or NRRL B-50363; and (d) a medium. Preferred Plant: Fuel plant comprises a fermentation vessel configured to house a medium and an isolated Clostridium bacterium, where the fermentation vessel comprises a cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic material, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises a 16S rRNA nucleotide sequence encoded in part by SEQ ID NO. 13. Fuel plant comprises a fermentation vessel configured to house a medium and an isolated Clostridium bacterium, where the fermentation vessel comprises a cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic material, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises one or more nucleotide sequences comprising at least 400 nucleotides with at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 17-42, where the nucleotide sequences encode for a protein or protein fragment. Fuel plant comprises a fermentation vessel configured to house a medium and an isolated Clostridium bacterium, where the fermentation vessel comprises a cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic material, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises one or more nucleotide sequences comprising at least 400 nucleotides with at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 1, where the nucleotide sequences encode for a protein or protein fragment. Fuel plant comprises a fermentation vessel configured to house a medium and an isolated Clostridium bacterium, where the fermentation vessel comprises a cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic material, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises: (a) a 16S rRNA nucleotide sequence encoded in part by a nucleotide sequence with greater than 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 13; and (b) one or more nucleotide sequences comprising at least 400 nucleotides with at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 17-42, where the nucleotide sequence encodes for a protein or protein fragment. Fuel plant comprises a fermentation vessel configured to house a medium and an isolated Clostridium bacterium, where the fermentation vessel comprises a cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic material, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium comprises: (a) a 16S rRNA nucleotide sequence encoded in part by a nucleotide sequence with greater than 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 13; and (b) one or more nucleotide sequences comprising at least 400 nucleotides with at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO. 1, where the nucleotide sequences encode for a protein or protein fragment. Fuel plant comprises a fermentation vessel configured to house a medium and an isolated Clostridium bacterium, where the fermentation vessel comprises a cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic material, where the isolated Clostridium bacterium is deposited under NRRL Accession Numbers NRRL B-50361, NRRL B-50362, or NRRL B-50363. EXAMPLE - No suitable example given.