Acetoin catabolism and acetylbutanediol formation by Bacillus pumilus in a chemically defined medium.

BACKGROUND: Most low molecular diols are highly water-soluble, hygroscopic, and reactive with many organic compounds. In the past decades, microbial research to produce diols, e.g. 1,3-propanediol and 2,3-butanediol, were considerably expanded due to their versatile usages especially in polymer synt...

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Main Authors: Zijun Xiao, Cuiqing Ma, Ping Xu, Jian R Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2680964?pdf=render