The Phosphotransferase System in Solventogenic Clostridia

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 2-3, 2015, Pages 129-142

  Mitchell, Wilfrid J ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABE fermentation; Butanol; Carbon catabolite repression; Clostridia; Phosphotransferase system; Solventogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALCOHOL; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BUTANOL; DISACCHARIDE; GLUCOSE; HEXOSE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SUGAR; BIOFUEL; XYLOSE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SOLVENTOGENIC CLOSTRIDIUM; SUGAR TRANSPORT; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM;

ACETONE; BIOFUELS; BUTANOLS; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; XYLOSE;

EID: 84937409940     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: 16602412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000375125     Document Type: Review

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