Stabilization of pet operon plasmids and ethanol production in Escherichia coli strains lacking lactate dehydrogenase and pyruvate formate- lyase activities

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4594-4597

  Hespell, R B ^a   Wyckoff, H ^a   Dien, B S ^a   Bothast, R J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FORMIC ACID; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LYASE; SUGAR; TETRACYCLINE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE; GENETIC STABILITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI B; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 0029975820     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.12.4594-4597.1996     Document Type: Article

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