Microbial n-butanol production from Clostridia to non-Clostridial hosts

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-26

  Branduardi, Paola ^a   de Ferra, Francesca ^b   Longo, Valeria ^a   Porro, Danilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ENI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

ABE fermentation; Alternative hosts; Clostridia; Keto acid road; n Butanol

Indexed keywords

ABE FERMENTATIONS; ALTERNATIVE HOSTS; ALTERNATIVE SOURCE; EUKARYOTIC MICROORGANISMS; KETO ACIDS; MICROBIAL FERMENTATION; N-BUTANOL; SECOND GENERATION;

CELL ENGINEERING; CLOSTRIDIUM; MICROORGANISMS;

PETROLEUM RESEARCH;

ACETONE; ALCOHOL; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; BUTANOL; OXOACID;

ACETONE; ALCOHOL; BACTERIUM; BIOFUEL; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FERMENTATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OPTIMIZATION;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIA; EUKARYOTE; FERMENTATION; HOST; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NON CLOSTRIDIAL MICROBIAL HOST; NONHUMAN; PRODUCT RECOVERY; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW;

CLOSTRIDIA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84892534390     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201200146     Document Type: Review

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