Triterpene hydrocarbon production engineered into a metabolically versatile host-Rhodobacter capsulatus

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1523-1532

  Khan, Nymul E ^a   Nybo, S Eric ^b,c   Chappell, Joe ^b   Curtis, Wayne R ^a  

^a The Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Botryococcene; CO2 fixation; Continuous bioreactor; MEP pathway; Productivity; Squalene

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; FEEDSTOCKS; HYDROCARBONS; PRODUCTIVITY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY FEEDSTOCKS; ALTERNATIVE FEEDSTOCKS; BIOREACTOR PERFORMANCE; BOTRYOCOCCENE; CONTINUOUS BIOREACTORS; HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION; MEP PATHWAYS; SQUALENE;

PHOTOBIOLOGICAL HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEN; PLASMID DNA; SQUALENE; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; FED BATCH REACTOR; HETEROTROPHY; HOST; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SUNLIGHT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOREACTOR; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROCEDURES;

ALGAE; BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHLOROPHYTA; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROGEN; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; TRITERPENES;

EID: 84932199821     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.25573     Document Type: Article

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