Enhanced ethanol formation by Clostridium thermocellum via pyruvate decarboxylase.

Liang TianSkyler J PerotShuen HonJilai ZhouXiaoyu LiangJason T BouvierAdam M GussDaniel G OlsonLee R Lynd

Published in: Microbial cell factories (2017)

The best PDC enzyme was from Acetobactor pasteurianus. A strain of C. thermocellum expressing the pdc gene from A. pasteurianus and the adhA gene from T. saccharolyticum was able to produce 21.3 g/L ethanol from 60 g/L cellulose, which is 70% of the theoretical maximum yield.

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