Engineering the iron-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans for biochemical production

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 189-197

  Kernan, Timothy ^a   Majumdar, Sudipta ^a   Li, Xiaozheng ^a   Guan, Jingyang ^a   West, Alan C ^a   Banta, Scott ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alkanes; Biofuels; Electrofuels; Isobutyraldehyde; Isobutyric acid; Metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOFUELS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY TRANSFER; METABOLISM; PARAFFINS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BIOCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; CHEMOLITHOAUTOTROPHIC BACTERIA; ELECTROFUELS; ISOBUTYRALDEHYDE; ISOBUTYRIC ACID; STEADY-STATE EFFICIENCY;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

ALKANE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CULTURE MEDIUM; HEPTADECANE; IRON; ISOBUTYRIC ACID; ISOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ALKANES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC GROWTH; CULTURE MEDIA; IRON; ISOBUTYRATES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84947983395     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.25703     Document Type: Article

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