Lactic acid bacteria as a cell factory: Rerouting of carbon metabolism in Lactococcus lactis by metabolic engineering

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 9-10, 2000, Pages 840-848

  Kleerebezemab, Michiel ^a,b   Hols, Pascal ^a   Hugenholtz, Jeroen ^a,b  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lactic acid bacteria; Lactococcus lactis; Metabolic engineering; NICE system; Pyruvate metabolism

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARBON; CELL CULTURE; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; POLYSACCHARIDES;

LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PYRUVATE METABOLISM;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

PYRUVIC ACID;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CELL METABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLYCOLYSIS; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; SUGAR TRANSPORT;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 0034213221     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0229(00)00180-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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