Metabolic engineering of bacteria for ethanol production

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 58, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 204-214

  Ingram, L O ^a   Gomez, P F ^a   Lai, X ^a   Moniruzzaman, M ^a   Wood, B E ^a   Yomano, L P ^a   York, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Fermentation; Lignocellulose

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; COLIFORM BACTERIA; ENZYMES; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; SUGARS;

LIGNOCELLULOSE;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ALCOHOL; CELLOBIOSE; CELLULOSE; LIGNOCELLULOSE; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOMASS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROLYSIS; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; NONHUMAN; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERIC BACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI B; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 0032485897     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980420)58:2/3<204::AID-BIT13>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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