Metabolic engineering of Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 for 1-butanol production

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hu, Bo ^a   Lidstrom, Mary E ^a,b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

1 butanol; Ethylmalonyl CoA pathway; Methylobacterium extorquens AM1

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FEEDSTOCKS; FUELS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; STRAIN;

1-BUTANOL; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL POTENTIALS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; ETHYLMALONYL-COA PATHWAY; EXTORQUENS AM1; FERMENTATIVE PRODUCTION; METABOLIC INTERMEDIATES; VALUE-ADDED CHEMICALS;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

BACTERIUM; BIOENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYME; METABOLISM; METABOLITE;

CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; PROTEOBACTERIA; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

EID: 84988872970     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-014-0156-0     Document Type: Article

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