Metabolic engineering of Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 for the production of butadiene precursor

Abstract Background Butadiene is a platform chemical used as an industrial feedstock for the manufacture of automobile tires, synthetic resins, latex and engineering plastics. Currently, butadiene is predominantly synthesized as a byproduct of ethylene production from non-renewable petroleum resourc...

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Main Authors: Jing Yang, Chang-Tai Zhang, Xiao-Jie Yuan, Min Zhang, Xu-Hua Mo, Ling-Ling Tan, Li-Ping Zhu, Wen-Jing Chen, Ming-Dong Yao, Bo Hu, Song Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:Microbial Cell Factories
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12934-018-1042-4