Quantitative analysis of an engineered CO2-fixing Escherichia coli reveals great potential of heterotrophic CO2 fixation

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gong, Fuyu ^a,b   Liu, Guoxia ^a   Zhai, Xiaoyun ^a,b   Zhou, Jie ^a   Cai, Zhen ^a   Li, Yin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon fixation; Carbonic anhydrase; CO2 fixation rate; Heterotrophic microbe; Rubisco

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CARBON FIXATION; CARBON-CONCENTRATING MECHANISM; FIXATION RATES; HETEROTROPHIC MICROBE; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; RELATIVE STRENGTH; RUBISCO; SLOW GROWTH RATES;

STRAIN RATE;

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FIXATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME; HETEROTROPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 85028211141     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-015-0268-1     Document Type: Article

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