Experimental and computational optimization of an Escherichia coli co-culture for the efficient production of flavonoids

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue , 2016, Pages 55-63

  Jones, J Andrew ^a   Vernacchio, Victoria R ^a   Sinkoe, Andrew L ^a   Collins, Shannon M ^a   Ibrahim, Mohammad H A ^b,c   Lachance, Daniel M ^a   Hahn, Juergen ^a   Koffas, Mattheos A G ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Co culture; Flavan 3 ols; Microbial consortium; Pathway optimization; Systems modeling

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS;

CO-CULTURES; COMPUTATIONAL OPTIMIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; FLAVAN-3-OLS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MICROBIAL PRODUCTION; STRAIN COMPATIBILITY; SYSTEMS MODELING;

FLAVONOIDS;

FLAVAN 3 OLS; FLAVAN DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLAVAN-3-OL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOREACTOR; CARBON SOURCE; COCULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION OPTIMIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INOCULATION; MONOCULTURE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PROCEDURES;

COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVONOIDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84958250665     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2016.01.006     Document Type: Article

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