Production of L-carnitine by secondary metabolism of bacteria

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Bernal, Vicente ^a   Sevilla, Ángel ^a   Cánovas, Manuel ^a   Iborra, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE DERIVATIVE; CARNITINE; CROTONOBETAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOPROCESS; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEUS; REACTOR OPERATION; REVIEW; STRAIN IMPROVEMENT;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEUS SP.;

EID: 37249059815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-6-31     Document Type: Review

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