Citrulline deiminase pathway provides ATP and boosts growth of Clostridium carboxidivorans P7

Abstract Background Clostridium carboxidivorans P7 is capable of producing ethanol and butanol from inexpensive and non-food feedstock, such as syngas. Achieving improved ethanol and butanol production in the strain for industrial application depends on the energetics and biomass, especially ATP ava...

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Main Authors: Xiangfei Li, Rumeng Han, Teng Bao, Tolbert Osire, Xian Zhang, Meijuan Xu, Taowei Yang, Zhiming Rao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:Biotechnology for Biofuels
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-021-02051-4