Elimination of metabolic pathways to all traditional fermentation products increases ethanol yields in Clostridium thermocellum

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-54

  Papanek, Beth ^a,b   Biswas, Ranjita ^a,c   Rydzak, Thomas ^a   Guss, Adam M ^a,b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Clostridium thermocellum; Consolidated bioprocessing; Lignocellulose

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; CELLULOSE; CLOSTRIDIUM; ECOLOGY; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; SUBSTRATES;

CELLULOSIC BIOMASS; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; CONSOLIDATED BIO-PROCESSING; CRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; FERMENTATION PRODUCTS; LIGNOCELLULOSE; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; ORGANIC ACID PRODUCTIONS;

BIOETHANOL;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BIOFUEL; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FORMIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; LIGNOCELLULOSE; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PANICUM; PH; PLASMID; POPULUS;

BIOMASS; ETHANOL; LIGNOCELLULOSE; ORGANIC ACIDS;

BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; CULTURE MEDIA; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MUTATION; PANICUM; PLASMIDS; POPULUS;

EID: 84942612938     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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