Zymomonas mobilis as an emerging biotechnological chassis for the production of industrially relevant compounds [PDF]
Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 2021 Zymomonas mobilis is a well-recognized ethanologenic bacterium with outstanding characteristics which make it a promising platform for the biotechnological production of relevant building blocks and fine chemicals compounds.
Adelaide Braga +8 more
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Metabolic regulation boosts bioelectricity generation in Zymomonas mobilis microbial fuel cell, surpassing ethanol production [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Zymomonas mobilis (Z. mobilis), a bacterium known for its ethanol production capabilities, can also generate electricity by transitioning from ethanol production to electron generation.
Hananeh Ahmadpanah +2 more
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Physiological and metabolic responses of Zymomonas mobilis to lignocellulosic hydrolysate [PDF]
Microbiology SpectrumZymomonas mobilis is a promising biocatalyst for the sustainable conversion of lignocellulosic sugars into biofuels and bioproducts, yet its response to lignocellulosic hydrolysates remains poorly understood.
Julio Rivera Vazquez +5 more
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Molecular mechanism of enhanced ethanol tolerance associated with hfq overexpression in Zymomonas mobilis [PDF]
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022 Zymomonas mobilis is a promising microorganism for industrial bioethanol production. However, ethanol produced during fermentation is toxic to Z. mobilis and affects its growth and bioethanol production. Although several reports demonstrated that the RNA-
Ying Tang +9 more
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Systematic Analysis of Metabolic Bottlenecks in the Methylerythritol 4-Phosphate (MEP) Pathway of Zymomonas mobilis [PDF]
mSystems, 2023 Zymomonas mobilis is an industrially relevant aerotolerant anaerobic bacterium that can convert up to 96% of consumed glucose to ethanol. This highly catabolic metabolism could be leveraged to produce isoprenoid-based bioproducts via the methylerythritol
Daven B. Khana +10 more
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Regulation of biofilm formation in Zymomonas mobilis to enhance stress tolerance by heterologous expression of pfs and luxS [PDF]
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2023 Zymomonas mobilis is a potential alternative of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to produce cellulosic ethanol with strengths in cofactor balance, but its lower tolerance to inhibitors in the lignocellulosic hydrolysate restricts the application.
Lian-Ying Cao +3 more
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Better off breathing: an explanation for the seemingly detrimental impact of aerobic respiration on Zymomonas mobilis [PDF]
mBioThe bacterium Zymomonas mobilis is best known for fermentatively producing more ethanol than yeast. However, Z. mobilis has also puzzled researchers for decades with the counterintuitive observation that disrupting aerobic respiration benefits aerobic ...
James B. McKinlay
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"Fish-in-net", a novel method for cell immobilization of Zymomonas mobilis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 BACKGROUND: Inorganic mesoporous materials exhibit good biocompatibility and hydrothermal stability for cell immobilization. However, it is difficult to encapsulate living cells under mild conditions, and new strategies for cell immobilization are needed.
Xuedun Niu +7 more
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The genetics of aerotolerant growth in an alphaproteobacterium with a naturally reduced genome
mBio, 2023 Reduced genome bacteria are genetically simplified systems that facilitate biological study and industrial use. The free-living alphaproteobacterium Zymomonas mobilis has a naturally reduced genome containing fewer than 2,000 protein-coding genes ...
Amy L. Enright +8 more
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