Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for production of mixed-acid fermentation end products

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Förster, Andreas H ^a   Gescher, Johannes ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetate; Carbon source; E. coli; Ethanol; Lactate; Mixed acid fermentation; Succinate

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; MACHINERY; METABOLISM; STRAIN; SUBSTRATES;

ACETATE; CARBON SOURCE; E. COLI; LACTATE; MIXED ACID FERMENTATION; SUCCINATE;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 84923860609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22964185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2014.00016     Document Type: Review

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