Transformable facultative thermophile Geobacillus stearothermophilus NUB3621 as a host strain for metabolic engineering

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 6715-6723

  Blanchard, Kristen ^a   Robic, Srebrenka ^b   Matsumura, Ichiro ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Expression system; Facultative thermophile; Genome; Geobacillus stearothermophilus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; GENES; PROTEINS;

CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION RATE; CONSTITUTIVE EXPRESSIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; EXPRESSION SYSTEM; FACULTATIVE THERMOPHILE; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATIONS;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; HOST; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HEAT; METABOLISM;

GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; HOT TEMPERATURE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84905030784     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5746-z     Document Type: Article

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