Engineering propionibacteria as versatile cell factories for the production of industrially important chemicals: advances, challenges, and prospects

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 585-600

  Guan, Ningzi ^a   Zhuge, Xin ^a   Li, Jianghua ^a   Shin, Hyun dong ^b   Wu, Jing ^a   Shi, Zhongping ^a   Liu, Long ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell factories; Genome sequencing; Metabolic engineering; Propionibacteria; Synthetic biology; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS; FLAVOR COMPOUNDS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; OPTIMIZATION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS; DAIRY PROPIONIBACTERIA; GENOME SEQUENCING; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PHYSIOLOGICAL FEATURES; PROPIONIBACTERIA; RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

CELL ENGINEERING;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIOCIN; FLAVORING AGENT; NUTRACEUTICAL; PROPIONIC ACID; FOOD ADDITIVE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

BACTERIAL CELL; CELL ENGINEERING; DAIRY PRODUCT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROPIONIBACTERIACEAE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACIDIPROPIONICI; REVIEW; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TAXONOMY; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIOCINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PROPIONATES; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84925493396     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6228-z     Document Type: Review

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