Identification of two mutations increasing the methanol tolerance of Corynebacterium glutamicum Applied microbiology

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Leßmeier, Lennart ^a   Wendisch, Volker F ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetyl CoA; Cat; Coenzyme A hydrolase transferase; Corynebacterium; Ethanol; Methanol; Methionine; MetY; O acetylhomoserine sulfhydrolase; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COENZYME A TRANSFERASE; COENZYME A TRANSFERASE CAT; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMIC ACID; METHANOL; O ACETYLHOMOSERINE SULFHYDROLASE METY; SULFATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; LYASE; O-ACETYLHOMOSERINE (THIOL)-LYASE;

ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG TOLERANCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; REVERSE GENETICS; VIRUS CULTURE;

CARBON-OXYGEN LYASES; COENZYME A-TRANSFERASES; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG TOLERANCE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; METHANOL; POINT MUTATION; REVERSE GENETICS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERIAL PASSAGE;

EID: 84944387486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12866-015-0558-6     Document Type: Article

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