Butanol Production by Engineered Microbes

Parent host strain Characteristics of engineered strain Carbon source Butanol titer Reference 

Escherichia coli JM109 crt, bed, etfB, etfA, hbd, adhE, thiE t Glucose 1.2 g/L Inui et al. (2008) 

co/iDHlOB crt, hbd, bed, etfA, etfB, adhE2, atoB, gapA f Glycerol 0.58 g/L Nielsen et al. (2009) 

coli BW25113 crt, bed, etfA, etfB, hbd, atoB, adhE2 f / adhE, IdhA, frdBC, fnr, pta 1 Glycerol 0.55 g/L Atsumi et al. (2008) 

coli BW25113 kivd, adh2, cimA, leuABCD f / ilvl, ilvB 1 Glucose 0.4 g/L Atsumi and Liao (2008) 

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