Improved strains of recombinant Escherichia coli for ethanol production from sugar mixtures.

doi:10.1007/BF00170625

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Improved strains of recombinant Escherichia coli for ethanol production from sugar mixtures.

Applied microbiology and biotechnology - 1 Apr 1995

Lindsay S E, Bothast R J, Ingram L O

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Hemicellulose hydrolysates of agricultural residues often contain mixtures of hexose and pentose sugars. Ethanologenic Escherichia coli that have been previously investigated preferentially ferment hexose sugars. In some cases, xylose fermentation was slow or incomplete. The purpose of this study...

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Carbohydrate Metabolism
Escherichia coli
Ethanol
Fermentation
Fosfomycin
Mutation

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