Modifying the product pattern of Clostridium acetobutylicum: Physiological effects of disrupting the acetate and acetone formation pathways

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 743-754

  Lehmann, Dörte ^a   Hönicke, Daniel ^b   Ehrenreich, Armin ^b   Schmidt, Michael ^b   Weuster Botz, Dirk ^b   Bahl, Hubert ^a   Lütke Eversloh, Tina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

ABE fermentation; Biofuels; Butanol; Butyrate; Metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

ABE FERMENTATIONS; ACETONE-BUTANOL-ETHANOL FERMENTATION; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; BUTYRATE; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; DECARBOXYLASES; ENCODING GENES; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FERMENTATION BROTHS; FORMATION PATHWAYS; KNOCK OUTS; KNOCKOUT MUTANT; METABOLIC ENGINEERING APPROACH; N-BUTANOL; NATURAL SOURCES; NEGATIVE MUTANTS; PHOSPHOTRANSACETYLASE; PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PRODUCT PATTERNS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SINGLE MUTANT; SOLVENT PRODUCTION; SOLVENTOGENIC CLOSTRIDIA;

ACETONE; ALCOHOLS; BIOFUELS; BUTENES; DEFECTS; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PHYSIOLOGY;

VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACETIC ACID; ACETOACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETONE; ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBOXYLYASE; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ACETATE; ACETONE; ALCOHOL; BACTERIUM; BIOFUEL; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; GENETIC CODE; INTRON; METABOLIC REGULATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID;

ACETATES; ACETONE; BUTYRATES; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GENE DELETION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS;

CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM;

EID: 84862676730     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3852-8     Document Type: Article

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