Recent advances in biological production of erythritol

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 620-633

  Rzechonek, Dorota A ^a   Dobrowolski, Adam ^a   Rymowicz, Waldemar ^a   Mirończuk, Aleksandra M ^a  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Erythritol; industrial production; metabolic engineering; metabolic pathways; renewable feedstocks; sweetener

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; COST ENGINEERING; COSTS; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; SUBSTRATES; YEAST;

ERYTHRITOL; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS; SWEETENER;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

ERYTHRITOL; SUGAR; GLYCEROL;

BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; YEAST; FERMENTATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YARROWIA;

ERYTHRITOL; FERMENTATION; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; YARROWIA;

EID: 85030177228     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2017.1380598     Document Type: Review

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