Mukesh Saini, Zei Wen Wang, Chung-Jen Chiang & Yun-Peng Chao (2014). Metabolic Engineering of Escherichia coli for Production of Butyric Acid. Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry.

Strains

• Escherichia coli BL21
• Escherichia coli BL-A1
• Escherichia coli BuT-8L
• Escherichia coli BuT-8LA
• Escherichia coli BuT-8L-ato

Metabolite production

• butanoate
  Titer
  • 3.4 g/L (Escherichia coli BuT-8LA in Flask)
  • 4.1 g/L (Escherichia coli BuT-8LA in Flask)
  • 1.0 g/L (Escherichia coli BuT-8L in Flask)
  • 2.5 g/L (Escherichia coli BuT-8L-ato in Flask)
  • 6.8 g/L (Escherichia coli BuT-8L-ato in Flask)
  • 4.3 g/L (Escherichia coli BuT-8L-ato in Flask)
  • 5.6 g/L (Escherichia coli BuT-8L-ato in Flask)
  • 6.3 g/L (Escherichia coli BuT-8L-ato in Flask)
  • 10.6 g/L (Escherichia coli BuT-8L-ato in Fed-Batch)