Replacement of a metabolic pathway for large-scale production of lactic acid from engineered yeasts

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4211-4215

  Porro, Danilo ^a   Bianchi, Michele M ^b   Brambilla, Luca ^a   Menghini, Rossella ^b   Bolzani, Davide ^c   Carrera, Vittorio ^c   Lievense, Jefferson ^d   Liu, Chi Li ^d   Ranzi, Bianca Maria ^c   Frontali, Laura ^b   Alberghina, Lilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d A E Staley Manufacturing Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; POLYMER; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; FERMENTATION; KLUYVEROMYCES; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS;

EID: 0032825184     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.9.4211-4215.1999     Document Type: Article

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