Simultaneous utilization of glucose, xylose and arabinose in the presence of acetate by a consortium of Escherichia coli strains

dc.contributor Middle Tennessee State University. Biology Department. en_US
dc.contributor.author Xia, Tian en_US
dc.contributor.author Eiteman, Mark A en_US
dc.contributor.author Altman, Elliot en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2014-06-24T15:32:02Z
dc.date.available 2014-06-24T15:32:02Z
dc.date.issued 2012-06-07 en_US
dc.description.abstract Background: The efficient microbial utilization of lignocellulosic hydrolysates has remained challenging because this material is composed of multiple sugars and also contains growth inhibitors such as acetic acid (acetate). Using an engineered consortium of strains derived from Escherichia coli C and a synthetic medium containing acetate, glucose, xylose and arabinose, we report on both the microbial removal of acetate and the subsequent simultaneous utilization of the sugars. en_US
dc.description.abstract Results: In a first stage, a strain unable to utilize glucose, xylose and arabinose (ALS1392, strain E. coli C ptsG manZ glk crr xylA araA) removed 3 g/L acetate within 30 hours. In a subsequent second stage, three E. coli strains (ALS1370, ALS1371, ALS1391), which are each engineered to utilize only one sugar, together simultaneously utilized glucose, xylose and arabinose. The effect of non-metabolizable sugars on the metabolism of the target sugar was minimal. Additionally the deletions necessary to prevent the consumption of one sugar only minimally affected the consumption of a desired sugar. For example, the crr deletion necessary to prevent glucose consumption reduced xylose and arabinose utilization by less than 15% compared to the wild-type. Similarly, the araA deletion used to exclude arabinose consumption did not affect xylose- and glucose-consumption. en_US
dc.description.abstract Conclusions: Despite the modest reduction in the overall rate of sugar consumption due to the various deletions that were required to generate the consortium of strains, the approach constitutes a significant improvement in any single-organism approach to utilize sugars found in lignocellulosic hydrolysate in the presence of acetate. en_US
dc.identifier.citation Microbial Cell Factories. 2012 Jun 7;11:77 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/4230
dc.rights This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. en_US
dc.subject Lignocellulosic hydrolysate en_US
dc.subject Sugar mixtures en_US
dc.subject Growth inhibitors en_US
dc.subject Phosphotransferase system en_US
dc.title Simultaneous utilization of glucose, xylose and arabinose in the presence of acetate by a consortium of Escherichia coli strains en_US
dc.type Research Article en_US
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