Metabolic engineering of Thermoanaerobacterium AK17 for increased ethanol production in seaweed hydrolysate | Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts
Sustainably produced renewable biomass has the potential to replace fossil-based feedstocks, for generation of biobased fuels and chemicals of industrial interest, in biorefineries. In this context, seaweeds contain a large fraction of carbohydrates that are a promising source for enzymatic and/or microbial biorefinery conversions. The thermoanaerobe Thermoanaerobacterium AK17 is a versatile fermentative bacterium producing ethanol, acetate and lactate from various sugars. In this study, strain ...
Source: biomedcentral.com