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Title: Zymomonas mobilis as a model system for production of biofuels and biochemicals

Abstract

Zymomonas mobilis is a natural ethanologen with many desirable industrial biocatalyst characteristics. In this review, we will discuss work to develop Z. mobilis as a model system for biofuel production from the perspectives of substrate utilization, development for industrial robustness, potential product spectrum, strain evaluation and fermentation strategies. Lastly, this review also encompasses perspectives related to classical genetic tools and emerging technologies in this context.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [7];  [8]
  1. National Bioenergy Center National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden CO 80401 USA, Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Transformation of Bio‐resources Hubei Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology College of Life Sciences Hubei University Wuhan 430062 China
  2. National Bioenergy Center National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden CO 80401 USA, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 China
  3. Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center Wisconsin Energy Institute University of Wisconsin Madison WI 53726 USA
  4. McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering University of Texas Austin TX 78712 USA
  5. Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology University of Tennessee Knoxville TN 37919 USA
  6. Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology University of Tennessee Knoxville TN 37919 USA, BioEnergy Science Center Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA, Biosciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
  7. Biosciences Center National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden CO 80401 USA
  8. National Bioenergy Center National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden CO 80401 USA
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). BioEnergy Science Center (BESC); National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
OSTI Identifier:
1324855
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1324857; OSTI ID: 1327707; OSTI ID: 1330304
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5100-67019
Journal ID: ISSN 1751-7915
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Microbial Biotechnology (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Microbial Biotechnology (Online) Journal Volume: 9 Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 1751-7915
Publisher:
Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 09 BIOMASS FUELS; biofuel production; substrates; biocatalysts

Citation Formats

Yang, Shihui, Fei, Qiang, Zhang, Yaoping, Contreras, Lydia M., Utturkar, Sagar M., Brown, Steven D., Himmel, Michael E., and Zhang, Min. Zymomonas mobilis as a model system for production of biofuels and biochemicals. United Kingdom: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1111/1751-7915.12408.
Yang, Shihui, Fei, Qiang, Zhang, Yaoping, Contreras, Lydia M., Utturkar, Sagar M., Brown, Steven D., Himmel, Michael E., & Zhang, Min. Zymomonas mobilis as a model system for production of biofuels and biochemicals. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.12408
Yang, Shihui, Fei, Qiang, Zhang, Yaoping, Contreras, Lydia M., Utturkar, Sagar M., Brown, Steven D., Himmel, Michael E., and Zhang, Min. Thu . "Zymomonas mobilis as a model system for production of biofuels and biochemicals". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.12408.
@article{osti_1324855,
title = {Zymomonas mobilis as a model system for production of biofuels and biochemicals},
author = {Yang, Shihui and Fei, Qiang and Zhang, Yaoping and Contreras, Lydia M. and Utturkar, Sagar M. and Brown, Steven D. and Himmel, Michael E. and Zhang, Min},
abstractNote = {Zymomonas mobilis is a natural ethanologen with many desirable industrial biocatalyst characteristics. In this review, we will discuss work to develop Z. mobilis as a model system for biofuel production from the perspectives of substrate utilization, development for industrial robustness, potential product spectrum, strain evaluation and fermentation strategies. Lastly, this review also encompasses perspectives related to classical genetic tools and emerging technologies in this context.},
doi = {10.1111/1751-7915.12408},
journal = {Microbial Biotechnology (Online)},
number = 6,
volume = 9,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Thu Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Thu Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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