Engineering an electroactive Escherichia coli for the microbial electrosynthesis of succinate from glucose and CO2

• Published in: Microbial cell factories Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 15 - 14
• Main Authors: Wu, Zaiqiang, Wang, Junsong, Liu, Jun, Wang, Yan, Bi, Changhao, Zhang, Xueli
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 28.01.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Bacteria; Bioelectrochemical systems; Biosynthesis; Carbon dioxide; CO2 fixation; Cytochrome; E coli; Electricity; Electrochemistry; Electrons; Energy; Escherichia coli; Factories; Fermentation; Fermented food; Genes; Glucose; Industrial engineering; Manufacturing engineering; Metabolism; Microbial electrosynthesis; Microorganisms; Physiological aspects; Plasmids; Proteins; Substrates; Succinate; Succinic acid; China

Electrochemical energy is a key factor of biosynthesis, and is necessary for the reduction or assimilation of substrates such as CO.sub.2. Previous microbial electrosynthesis (MES) research mainly utilized naturally electroactive microbes to generate non-specific products. In this research, an elect...