New recombinant Escherichia coli strain tailored for the production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) from agroindustrial by-products

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3949-3954

  Nikel, Pablo I ^a,b   De Almeida, Alejandra ^a   Melillo, Evelia C ^a   Galvagno, Miguel A ^a,b   Pettinari, M Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CARBON; CELLS; GENES; GLASS TRANSITION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITROGEN; POLYMERS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

AZOTOBACTER; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; LACTOSE OPERATOR; LIQUOR; POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE) (PHB);

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CARBON; LACTOSE; LACTOSE REPRESSOR; NITROGEN; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; ESTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PLANT EXTRACT;

AGRICULTURE; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOREACTOR; CORN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K24K; EVALUATION; FED BATCH CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; LIQUID; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHA GENE; PRODUCTIVITY; REPRESSOR GENE; VOLUMETRY; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA; WHEY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; AZOTOBACTER; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KINETICS; MILK; PLASMIDS; POLYESTERS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

AZOTOBACTER; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33745133376     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00044-06     Document Type: Article

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