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biotechnology | genetic tools for use in Clostridium thermocellum that allow creation of unmarked mutations while using a replicating plasmid. The strategy employs counter-selections developed from the native C. thermocellum hpt gene and the Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum tdk gene and is used to delete the genes for both lactate dehydrogenase (Ldh) and phosphotransacetylase (Pta) | Acetivibrio thermocellus |
synthesis | a lactate dehydrogenase (Ldh) and phosphotransacetylase (Pta) deletion strain is evolved for 2,000 h, resulting in a stable strain with 40:1 ethanol selectivity and a 4.2-fold increase in ethanol yield over the wild-type strain. In a coculture of organic acid-deficient engineered strains of both Clostridium thermocellum and Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum, fermentation of 92 g/liter Avicel results in 38 g/liter ethanol, with acetic and lactic acids below detection limits, in 146 h. engineering is based on a phosphoribosyl transferase (Hpt) deletion strain, which produces acetate, lactate, and ethanol in a ratio of 1.7:1.5:1.0, similar to the 2.1:1.9:1.0 ratio produced by the wild type. The Hpt/Ldh double mutant strain does not produce significant levels of lactate and has a 1.4:1.0 ratio of acetate to ethanol. Similarly, the Hpt/Pta double mutant strain does not produce acetate and has a 1.9:1.0 ratio of lactate to ethanol. The Hpt/Ldh/Pta triple mutant strain achieves ethanol selectivity of 40:1 relative to organic acids | Acetivibrio thermocellus |
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Acetivibrio thermocellus DSM 1237 | - |
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lactate dehydrogenase | - |
Acetivibrio thermocellus |