Synthesis gas (syngas)-derived medium-chainlength polyhydroxyalkanoate synthesis in engineered Rhodospirillum rubrum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 6132-6140

  Heinrich, Daniel ^a   Raberg, Matthias ^a   Fricke, Philipp ^a   Kenny, Shane T ^b   Morales Gamez, Laura ^b   Babu, Ramesh P ^b,c   O'Connor, Kevin E ^b   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOPOLYMERS; CHAIN LENGTH; CHAINS; CLONING; FATTY ACIDS; FEEDSTOCKS; GENE EXPRESSION;

ACYL CARRIER PROTEINS; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIUM; ARTIFICIAL SYNTHESIS; ENHANCED GENE EXPRESSION; MCL-POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE; POLY-HYDROXYALKANOATE; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; SYNTHESIS GASSES (SYNGAS);

SYNTHESIS GAS;

BACTERIUM; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; POLYMER; PROTEIN; RECOMBINATION;

PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

GAS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GAS; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; SYNTHESIS;

GASES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

EID: 84991272298     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01744-16     Document Type: Article

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