Cellulosic ethanol production via consolidated bioprocessing at 75 °c by engineered Caldicellulosiruptor bescii

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Chung, Daehwan ^a,b   Cha, Minseok ^a,b   Snyder, Elise N ^a,b   Elkins, James G ^b   Guss, Adam M ^b   Westpheling, Janet ^a,b  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dehydrogenase; Caldicellulosiruptor bescii; Cellulosic ethanol; Metabolic engineering; Thermoanaerobacter pseudethanolicus 39E

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; BOILING POINT; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; CLONING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; CALDICELLULOSIRUPTOR BESCII; CONSOLIDATED BIO-PROCESSING; FERMENTATION PRODUCTS; OPTIMUM GROWTH TEMPERATURE; SITU PRODUCT REMOVAL; THERMOANAEROBACTER; THERMOSTABLE ENZYMES;

ETHANOL;

BACTERIUM; CELLULOSE; ETHANOL;

CALDICELLULOSIRUPTOR; PANICUM VIRGATUM; THERMOANAEROBACTER;

EID: 84943584294     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-015-0346-4     Document Type: Article

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