Whole-genome sequence of an evolved Clostridium pasteurianum strain reveals Spo0A deficiency responsible for increased butanol production and superior growth

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sandoval, Nicholas R ^a   Venkataramanan, Keerthi P ^a   Groth, Theodore S ^a   Papoutsakis, Eleftherios T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Butanol; Clostridium pasteurianum; Methylome; Mutagenesis; SMRT sequencing; Spo0A

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; BIODIESEL; BUTENES; BYPRODUCTS; CLOSTRIDIUM; FERMENTATION; GENE ENCODING; GLYCEROL; MUTAGENESIS; SOLVENTS;

CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM; CONTINUOUS FERMENTATION; METHYLOME; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASES; SMRT SEQUENCING; SOLVENTOGENIC CLOSTRIDIA; SPO0A; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR;

FATTY ACIDS;

BACTERIUM; BIOFUEL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENOME; MUTATION; SELECTION;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM;

EID: 84951278172     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-015-0408-7     Document Type: Article

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