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Zymomonas with improved xylose utilization in stress conditions

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OSTI ID:1084090

Strains of xylose utilizing Zymomonas with improved xylose utilization and ethanol production during fermentation in stress conditions were obtained using an adaptation method. The adaptation involved continuously growing xylose utilizing Zymomonas in media containing high sugars, acetic acid, ammonia, and ethanol.

Research Organization:
NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States))
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
Assignee:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy LLC ( E I du Pont de Nemours and Company (Wilmington, DE)
Patent Number(s):
8,465,961
Application Number:
13/540,641
OSTI ID:
1084090
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (8)

Growth inhibition ofZymomonas mobilis ATCC 10988 by ammonium ions journal June 1989
Pentose metabolism in Zymomonas mobilis wild-type and recombinant strains journal December 1992
Identification of inhibitory components toxic toward zymomonas mobilis CP4(pZB5) xylose fermentation journal September 1997
Improving fermentation performance of recombinant zymomonas in acetic acid-containing media journal March 1998
A mutant of Zymomonas mobilis ZM4 capable of ethanol production from glucose in the presence of high acetate concentrations journal February 1998
Performance of a newly developed integrant of Zymomonas mobilis for ethanol production on corn stover hydrolysate journal February 2004
Metabolic Engineering of a Pentose Metabolism Pathway in Ethanologenic Zymomonas mobilis journal January 1995
Genetic Engineering of Zymobacter palmae for Production of Ethanol from Xylose journal February 2007

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