Dissecting and engineering metabolic and regulatory networks of thermophilic bacteria for biofuel production

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 827-837

  Lin, Lu ^a   Xu, Jian ^a  

^a QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF BIOENERGY AND BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Carbon utilization; Genetic engineering; Microevolution; Stress response; Thermophilic bacteria

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES; CARBON UTILIZATION; CELLULOSE DEGRADATION; INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS; MICROEVOLUTION; STRESS RESPONSE; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA;

BACTERIA; CARBON; CELLULOSE; DRUG THERAPY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INDUSTRY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM;

BIOFUELS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE; DNA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METABOLISM; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BIOFUEL; CELLULOSE; HEXOSE; PENTOSE;

BACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON UTILIZATION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROEVOLUTION; REVIEW; STRESS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BIOFUELS; CARBON UTILIZATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROEVOLUTION; STRESS RESPONSE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA;

BACTERIA; BIOFUELS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELLULOSE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEXOSES; HUMANS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PENTOSES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84882695325     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2013.03.003     Document Type: Review

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