Extracellular melibiose and fructose are intermediates in raffinose catabolism during fermentation to ethanol by engineered enteric bacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1880-1886

  Moniruzzaman, Mohammed ^a   Lai, Xiaokuang ^a   York, Sean W ^a   Ingram, Lonnie O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; FRUCTOSE; MELIBIOSE; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; RAFFINOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATABOLISM; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030936038     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.6.1880-1886.1997     Document Type: Article

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