Coenzyme A-transferase-independent butyrate re-assimilation in Clostridium acetobutylicum—evidence from a mathematical model

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 9059-9072

  Millat, Thomas ^a,b   Voigt, Christine ^a   Janssen, Holger ^a   Cooksley, Clare M ^b   Winzer, Klaus ^b   Minton, Nigel P ^b   Bahl, Hubert ^a   Fischer, Ralf Jörg ^a   Wolkenhauer, Olaf ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acid re assimilation; Clostridium acetobutylicum; CtfA mutant; Mathematical modelling; pH induced metabolic shift

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BATCH CELL CULTURE; CHEMOSTATS; CLOSTRIDIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METABOLISM;

ACETONE-BUTANOL-ETHANOL FERMENTATION; CHEMOSTAT CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CTFA MUTANT; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; METABOLIC SHIFT; METABOLIC TRANSITION;

VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACETIC ACID; ACETONE; BUTYRIC ACID; COENZYME A TRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COENZYME A; CTFA PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CTFB PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOENGINEERING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL CULTURE; FERMENTATION; HYDROCARBON; METABOLITE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMOSTAT; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PH; SIMULATION; WILD TYPE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BUTYRATES; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; COENZYME A; COENZYME A-TRANSFERASES; GENE DELETION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL;

EID: 84919908964     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5987-x     Document Type: Article

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