Marker removal system for Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum and development of a markerless ethanologen

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2534-2536

  Joe Shaw, A ^a   Covalla, Sean F ^a   Hogsett, David A ^a   Herring, Christopher D ^a  

^a Mascoma Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH YIELD; MARKERLESS; REMOVAL SYSTEMS; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM;

ETHANOL;

GENES;

ACETATE KINASE; ALCOHOL; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ETHANOL; GENE; GENETIC MARKER; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM;

ACETATE KINASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ETHANOL; GENE DELETION; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM;

THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM SACCHAROLYTICUM;

EID: 79953283525     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01731-10     Document Type: Article

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