A transcriptional study of acidogenic chemostat cells of Clostridium acetobutylicum-Solvent stress caused by a transient n-butanol pulse

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 354-365

  Janssen, Holger ^a   Grimmler, Christina ^b   Ehrenreich, Armin ^b,c   Bahl, Hubert ^a   Fischer, Ralf Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidogenesis; Clostridium acetobutylicum; DNA microarray; N Butanol stress; Phosphate limited chemostat

Indexed keywords

ACIDOGENESIS; ACIDOGENIC; BATCH CULTIVATION; BATCH CULTURE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CHEMOSTAT CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CYTOPLASMIC MEMBRANE; DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED GENE; DNA MICRO-ARRAY; FERMENTATIVE BACTERIA; METABOLIC FLUX; MOLECULAR FACTORS; N-BUTANOL; PH CHANGE; STABLE STEADY STATE; TOXIC EFFECT; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL RESPONSE; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; UP-REGULATION;

AMINO ACIDS; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCHIPS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANES; CHEMOSTATS; GENE EXPRESSION; ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

ALCOHOLS;

BUTANOL; SOLVENT;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMOSTAT CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

1-BUTANOL; ACIDS; BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; BIOREACTORS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOLIPIDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SOLVENTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM;

EID: 84865423798     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.03.027     Document Type: Article

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