Enhanced butanol production obtained by reinforcing the direct butanol-forming route in Clostridium acetobutylicum

mBio

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Lee, Sang Yup ^a   Jang, Yu Sin ^a,b   Lee, Jin Young ^a   Lee, Joungmin ^a   Park, Jin Hwan ^a   Im, Jung Ae ^a   Eom, Moon Ho ^c   Lee, Julia ^c   Lee, Sang Hyun ^c   Song, Hyohak ^c   Cho, Jung Hee ^c   Seung, Do Young ^c  

^a BioProcess Engineering Research Center   (South Korea)

^b BioFuelChem   (South Korea)

^c GS Caltex Corporation   (South Korea)

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EID: 84868374643     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00314-12     Document Type: Article

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