Optimizing anaerobic growth rate and fermentation kinetics in Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains expressing Calvin-cycle enzymes for improved ethanol yield

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Papapetridis, Ioannis ^a   Goudriaan, Maaike ^a   Vázquez Vitali, María ^a   De Keijzer, Nikita A ^a   Van Den Broek, Marcel ^a   Van Maris, Antonius J A ^a,b   Pronk, Jack T ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anaerobic metabolism; Biofuels; CO2; Fermentation; NADH; NADPH; Redox cofactor balance; Yeast

Indexed keywords

BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOETHANOL; BIOFUELS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; GROWTH KINETICS; GROWTH RATE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATION; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; COFACTOR BALANCES; NADH; NADPH; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE STRAINS; SECOND GENERATION BIOETHANOL; YEAST SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

YEAST;

BIOFUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENZYME; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; REACTION KINETICS; YEAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 85041436183     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-017-1001-z     Document Type: Article

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