Reviving the Weizmann process for commercial n-butanol production

Autor: Ngoc-Phuong-Thao Nguyen, Céline Raynaud, Isabelle Meynial-Salles, Philippe Soucaille
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05661-z
Popis: Organic solvent n-butanol is produced mainly by petrochemical method. Here, the authors revive the historical Weizmann process by engineering Clostridium acetobutylicum strain and developing low pressure distillation and high cell density cultures for n-butanol continuous production at high-yield titer and productivity.
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