Characterization of Clostridium thermocellum strains with disrupted fermentation end-product pathways

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 725-734

  Van Der Veen, Douwe ^a,b   Lo, Jonathan ^a,b,g   Brown, Steven D ^b,c   Johnson, Courtney M ^b,c   Tschaplinski, Timothy J ^b,c   Martin, Madhavi ^b,c   Engle, Nancy L ^b,c   Van Den Berg, Robert A ^d,e   Argyros, Aaron D ^f   Caiazza, Nicky C ^f,h   Guss, Adam M ^b,c   Lynd, Lee R ^a,b,f  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BioEnergy Science Center   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e GSK   (Belgium)

^f Mascoma Corporation   (United States)

^g Dartmouth College   (United States)

^h Synthetic Genomics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALCOHOL; AMINO ACID; CELLOBIOSE; PYRUVIC ACID; VALINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOMASS; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LEVO ACETATE GENE; LEVO LACTATE GENE; NONHUMAN;

ACETIC ACID; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOMASS; CELLOBIOSE; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; LACTIC ACID;

CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM;

EID: 84879230274     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: 14765535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-013-1275-5     Document Type: Article

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