Metabolic engineering of the thermophilic filamentous fungus Myceliophthora thermophila to produce fumaric acid

Abstract Background Fumaric acid is widely used in food and pharmaceutical industries and is recognized as a versatile industrial chemical feedstock. Increasing concerns about energy and environmental problems have resulted in a focus on fumaric acid production by microbial fermentation via bioconve...

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Main Authors: Shuying Gu, Jingen Li, Bingchen Chen, Tao Sun, Qian Liu, Dongguang Xiao, Chaoguang Tian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:Biotechnology for Biofuels
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13068-018-1319-1