Adaptation of the autotrophic acetogen Sporomusa ovata to methanol accelerates the conversion of CO2 to organic products

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Tremblay, Pier Luc ^a   Höglund, Daniel ^a   Koza, Anna ^a   Bonde, Ida ^a   Zhang, Tian ^a  

^a Chalmers University of Technology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHAPERONE; METHANOL; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; FIRMICUTES; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ACETATES; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRODES; FIRMICUTES; METHANOL; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PYRIMIDINES; VITAMINS;

EID: 84946762063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep16168     Document Type: Article

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