Characterization and Development of Two Reporter Gene Systems for Clostridium acetobutylicum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 798-803

  Feustel, Lothar ^a   Nakotte, Stephan ^a,b   Dürre, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b LipoNova GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ALCOHOLS; BACTERIA; BIOLUMINESCENCE; ENZYMES; MICROBIOLOGY;

ACIDOGENESIS; SOLVENTOGENESIS;

GENES;

ACID; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BUTANOL DEHYDROGENASE A; BUTYRALDEHYDE BUTANOL DEHYDROGENASE E; BUTYRATE KINASE; COENZYME A TRANSFERASE; ENZYME; LUCIFERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHOTRANSBUTYRYLASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACIDITY; ADC GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BDHA GENE; BDHB GENE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BUK GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; LACZ GENE; LUCB GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHOTINUS PYRALIS; PROMOTER REGION; PTB GENE; REPORTER GENE; SOL GENE; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM THERMOSULFURIGENES;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CARBOXY-LYASES; CLOSTRIDIUM; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; LUCIFERASES; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; PHOTINUS; PHOTINUS PYRALIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM THERMOSULFURIGENES;

EID: 2342587365     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.2.798-803.2004     Document Type: Article

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