Urease expression in a Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum ethanologen allows high titer ethanol production

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 528-532

  Joe Shaw, A ^a   Covalla, Sean F ^a   Miller, Bethany B ^a   Firliet, Brian T ^a   Hogsett, David A ^a   Herring, Christopher D ^a  

^a Mascoma Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Ethanol; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SALT; CELL-FREE EXTRACTS; CELLULAR GROWTH; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; FINAL PH; GENES ENCODING; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; OSMOLALITY; PH CONTROL; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM; THERMOPHILES; UREASE ACTIVITY;

BIOFUELS; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GENES; METABOLISM;

UREA;

ALCOHOL; AMMONIA; BIOFUEL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA; UREASE;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOLALITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM SACCHAROLYTICUM; THERMOPHILE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM; UREA; UREASE;

THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM SACCHAROLYTICUM;

EID: 84865597185     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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