A microbial platform for renewable propane synthesis based on a fermentative butanol pathway

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Menon, Navya ^a   Pásztor, András ^b   Menon, Binuraj R K ^a   Kallio, Pauli ^b   Fisher, Karl ^a   Akhtar, M Kalim ^b   Leys, David ^a   Jones, Patrik R ^b,c   Scrutton, Nigel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aldehyde deformylating oxygenase; Butanol; Cyanobacteria; Escherchia coli; Microbial pathway engineering; Propane

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; BUTENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUEL STORAGE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PETROLEUM RESEARCH;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERCHIA COLI; OXYGENASES; PATHWAY ENGINEERINGS; PETROLEUM-DERIVED FUELS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; VOLATILE HYDROCARBONS;

PROPANE;

BACTERIUM; BIOFUEL; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PROPANE;

CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84926669094     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-015-0231-1     Document Type: Article

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