Systematic engineering of microorganisms to improve alcohol tolerance

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 422-429

  Jia, Kaizhi ^a   Zhang, Yanping ^a   Li, Yin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alcohol toxicity; Random approach; Rational strategy; Strain engineering; Tolerance improvement

Indexed keywords

CARBON RESOURCES; COST-EFFECTIVE PRODUCTION; FERMENTATION BROTHS; FERMENTATIVE PRODUCTION; GENOME SHUFFLING; GROWTH INHIBITION; KEY PROBLEMS; MICROBIAL PRODUCTION; OVER-EXPRESSION; RANDOM APPROACH; RATIONAL STRATEGY; RECENT PROGRESS; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; STRAIN ENGINEERING; STRESS RESISTANCE; SYSTEMATIC ENGINEERING; TOLERANCE IMPROVEMENT;

ENGINEERING; MICROORGANISMS; TOXICITY;

ALCOHOL FUELS;

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL; BIOENGINEERING; FERMENTATION; INHIBITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUTAGENICITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TOLERANCE;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ALCOHOL TOXICITY; ALCOHOLISM; BIOENGINEERING; DNA SHUFFLING; FERMENTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; STRESS;

EID: 77958599025     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201000076     Document Type: Review

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