High ethanol Titers from cellulose by using metabolically engineered thermophilic, anaerobic microbes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 8288-8294

  Argyros, D Aaron ^a   Tripathi, Shital A ^a,c   Barrett, Trisha F ^a   Rogers, Stephen R ^a   Feinberg, Lawrence F ^a   Olson, Daniel G ^a,b   Foden, Justine M ^a   Miller, Bethany B ^a   Lynd, Lee R ^a,b   Hogsett, David A ^a   Caiazza, Nicky C ^a,d  

^a Mascoma Corporation   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c TOTAL   (France)

^d Synthetic Genomics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC MICROBES; CELLULOLYTIC MICROBES; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; COCULTURE; DETECTION LIMITS; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; ETHANOL YIELD; GENETIC TOOLS; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PHOSPHOTRANSACETYLASE; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM; WILD-TYPE STRAIN;

BACTERIA; CELLULOSE; GENES; LACTIC ACID; ORGANIC ACIDS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

ETHANOL;

ALCOHOL; BACTERIAL DNA; CELLULOSE;

BACTERIUM; BIOENGINEERING; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; CELLULOSE; DETECTION METHOD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHANOL; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUTATION; NATIVE SPECIES; PLASMID;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CELLULOSE; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM;

EID: 83255174918     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00646-11     Document Type: Article

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