| Title |
Bacteria engineered for fuel ethanol production: current status
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, September 2003
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00253-003-1444-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
B. S. Dien, M. A. Cotta, T. W. Jeffries |
| Abstract |
The lack of industrially suitable microorganisms for converting biomass into fuel ethanol has traditionally been cited as a major technical roadblock to developing a bioethanol industry. In the last two decades, numerous microorganisms have been engineered to selectively produce ethanol. Lignocellulosic biomass contains complex carbohydrates that necessitate utilizing microorganisms capable of fermenting sugars not fermentable by brewers' yeast. The most significant of these is xylose. The greatest successes have been in the engineering of Gram-negative bacteria: Escherichia coli, Klebsiella oxytoca, and Zymomonas mobilis. E. coli and K. oxytoca are naturally able to use a wide spectrum of sugars, and work has concentrated on engineering these strains to selectively produce ethanol. Z. mobilis produces ethanol at high yields, but ferments only glucose and fructose. Work on this organism has concentrated on introducing pathways for the fermentation of arabinose and xylose. The history of constructing these strains and current progress in refining them are detailed in this review. |
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| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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| United States | 7 | <1% |
| France | 3 | <1% |
| Belgium | 3 | <1% |
| Brazil | 3 | <1% |
| Chile | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| South Africa | 2 | <1% |
| Latvia | 2 | <1% |
| Colombia | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 12 | 2% |
| Unknown | 704 | 95% |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 149 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 129 | 17% |
| Researcher | 105 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 101 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 31 | 4% |
| Other | 118 | 16% |
| Unknown | 109 | 15% |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 272 | 37% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 98 | 13% |
| Engineering | 89 | 12% |
| Chemical Engineering | 44 | 6% |
| Chemistry | 34 | 5% |
| Other | 76 | 10% |
| Unknown | 129 | 17% |
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