Engineering Escherichia coli for renewable benzyl alcohol production
Benzyl alcohol is an aromatic hydrocarbon used as a solvent and an intermediate chemical in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and flavor/fragrance industries. The de novo biosynthesis of benzyl alcohol directly from renewable glucose was herein explored using a non-natural pathway engineered in Escheri...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-12-01
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Series: | Metabolic Engineering Communications |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214030115300018 |