Enhanced production of styrene by engineered Escherichia coli and in situ product recovery (ISPR) with an organic solvent

Abstract Background Styrene is a large-volume commodity petrochemical, which has been used in a wide range of polymer industry as the main building block for the construction of various functional polymers. Despite many efforts to produce styrene in microbial hosts, the production titers are still l...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kyungsoo Lee, Hyun Bae Bang, Yoon Hyeok Lee, Ki Jun Jeong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:Microbial Cell Factories
Subjects:
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12934-019-1129-6