Determinants of tolerance to inhibitors in hardwood spent sulfite liquor in genome shuffled Pachysolen tannophilus strains

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 811-834

  Harner, Nicole K ^a   Bajwa, Paramjit K ^a   Formusa, Philip A ^a   Austin, Glen D ^b,d   Habash, Marc B ^a   Trevors, Jack T ^a   Chan, Chi Kin ^c   Ho, Chi Yip ^c   Lee, Hung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b BP Biofuels ^*  (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d AB Enzymes GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genome sequencing; Genome shuffling; Inhibitors; Lignocellulose; Pentose fermenting; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; HARDWOOD SPENT SULFITE LIQUOR; LIGNOCELLULOSE; NUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SULFITE;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE MUTATION; GENE PRODUCT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENOME; GENOME SHUFFLING; INHIBITOR TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PACHYSOLEN TANNOPHILUS; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YEAST; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SHUFFLING; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG TOLERANCE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

DNA SHUFFLING; DRUG TOLERANCE; ETHANOL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFITES;

EID: 84941258974     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-015-0537-9     Document Type: Article

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