Genetic tool development for a new host for biotechnology, the thermotolerant bacterium bacillus coagulans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4085-4088

  Kovács, Ákos T ^a   Van Hartskamp, Mariska ^b   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a,c   Van Kranenburg, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Purac ^*  (Netherlands)

^c KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS COAGULANS; D-LACTATE; GENE DISRUPTIONS; GENE TRANSCRIPTIONS; GENETIC TOOLS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; REPORTER ASSAY; THERMOTOLERANT;

BACTERIOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; D-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; DEXTRO LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

BIOASSAY; BIOMONITORING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REPORTER GENE; PROCEDURES;

BACILLUS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACILLUS COAGULANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77953632718     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03060-09     Document Type: Article

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