Examination of physiological and molecular factors involved in enhanced solvent production by Clostridium beijerinckii BA101

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2269-2271

  Chen, Chih Kuang ^a   Blaschek, Hans P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MC 630 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOACETATE DECARBOXYLASE; ACETOACETIC ACID; BUTYRALDEHYDE; BUTYRALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CARBOXYLYASE; COENZYME A; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SOLVENT; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032929394     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.5.2269-2271.1999     Document Type: Article

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