Genetic manipulation of clostridium acetobutylicum for enhanced butanol production
- Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States)
Recent developments in the genetic manipulation of the acetone-butanol-ethanol fermentation microorganism, Clostridium acetobutylicum will be discussed. This specifically involves the characterization of an M13-like genetic system for C. acetobutylicum based on the pCAK1 phagemid, as well as the development of a plasmid-based vector based on the indigenous pDM11 plasmid recovered from C. acetobutylicum NCIB 6443. In addition, a macrorestriction map of the C. acetobutylicum ATCC 824 genome was constructed by utilizing two-dimensional transverse alternating field electrophoresis combined with reciprocal enzyme digestions and hybridization with previously cloned genes. We also describe the genetic engineering of a C. acetobutylicum strain with amplified encloglucanase activity and to development and characterization of C. acetobutylicum hyper-amylolytic mutants with enhanced potential for commercial processes and evaluate their ability to produce butanol under batch and continuous culture conditions.
- OSTI ID:
- 127031
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950402--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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