Balancing cellular redox metabolism in microbial electrosynthesis and electro fermentation – A chance for metabolic engineering

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue , 2018, Pages 109-120

  Kracke, Frauke ^a   Lai, Bin ^b,c   Yu, Shiqin ^b   Krömer, Jens O ^c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electro fermentation; Electron transport pathway engineering; Extracellular electron transfer; Microbial electrosynthesis; Redox reactions

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS; REDOX REACTIONS;

BIO ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT RATE; EXTRACELLULAR ELECTRON TRANSFER; METABOLIC MODELLING; MICROBIAL ELECTROSYNTHESIS; MICROBIAL PRODUCTION; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES;

METABOLIC ENGINEERING;

CARBON SOURCE; CELL METABOLISM; ELECTRO FERMENTATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; FERMENTATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIAL ELECTROSYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; BIOENERGY; ELECTRICITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; ELECTRICITY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 85037973773     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: 10967184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2017.12.003     Document Type: Review

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