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Title: Engineering robust microorganisms for organic acid production

Journal Article · · Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology
 [1];  [2]
  1. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, U.S. Department of Energy Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
  2. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, U.S. Department of Energy Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA, Departments of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA

Abstract Organic acids are an important class of compounds that can be produced by microbial conversion of renewable feedstocks and have huge demands and broad applications in food, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries. An economically viable fermentation process for production of organic acids requires robust microbial cell factories with excellent tolerance to low pH conditions, high concentrations of organic acids, and lignocellulosic inhibitors. In this review, we summarize various strategies to engineer robust microorganisms for organic acid production and highlight their applications in a few recent examples.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0018420; SC0018260
OSTI ID:
1863114
Journal Information:
Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, Journal Name: Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 49; ISSN 1367-5435
Publisher:
Oxford University PressCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English

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