Frontiers in microbial 1-butanol and isobutanol production

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 363, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Chen, Chang Ting ^a   Liao, James C ^b  

^a Engineering IV   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ABE fermentation; Butanol; Isobutanol; Metabolic engineering; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BUTANOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE; COENZYME A; ISOBUTANOL; OXOACID; PROTEIN; BIOFUEL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CATALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOLYTICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOVORANS; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GEOBACILLUS; GEOBACILLUS THERMOGLUCOSIDASIUS; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM SACCHAROLYTICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

1-BUTANOL; BIOFUELS; BUTANOLS; CLOSTRIDIUM; FERMENTATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 84959876975     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnw020     Document Type: Short Survey

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