Citrobacter freundii as a test platform for recombinant cellulose degradation systems

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 35-42

  Lakhundi, S S ^a,b   Duedu, K O ^a,c   Cain, N ^a   Nagy, R ^a   Krakowiak, J ^a   French, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Ghana)

Author keywords

biodegradation; biofuels; gene expression; plasmids; recombinant protein

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOSSIL FUELS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

CELLOBIOSE; CELLULOSE DEGRADATION; CELLULOSIC BIOMASS; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CO-EXPRESSION; GENES EXPRESSION; HUGE RESERVOIR; MICRO-ORGANISMS; PLASMID; TEST PLATFORMS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

CELLOBIOSE; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; BIOFUEL; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOSSIL FUEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH; MICROORGANISM; PLASMID; PROTEIN; RECOMBINATION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELLULOMONAS; CELLULOMONAS FIMI; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC MANIPULATION; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; YEAST; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

CELLULOMONAS FIMI; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELLOBIOSE; CELLULASES; CELLULOSE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; LIGNIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 85005873067     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12668     Document Type: Article

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