Isolation and preliminary characterization of a Zymomonas mobilis mutant with an altered preference for xylose and glucose utilization

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-164

  Supple, Shane G ^a   Joachimsthal, Eva L ^a   Dunn, Noel W ^a   Rogers, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Glucose; Pentoses; Xylose transport; Zymomonas mobilis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; PENTOSE; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 0033950482     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005613912777     Document Type: Article

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