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Table 4 Comparision of butanol production by wild-type and genetically engineered thermophilic bacteria

From: Consolidated bioprocessing of butanol production from xylan by a thermophilic and butanologenic Thermoanaerobacterium sp. M5

Strain

Description

Substrate

Titer (g/L)

References

T. saccharolyticum JW/SL-YS485

Wild type

Xylose

0

[12]

T. saccharolyticum JW/SL-YS485

Integration of butanol synthetic way in the wild type

Xylose

0.85

[12]

T. saccharolyticum JW/SL-YS485

Integration of butanol synthetic way in the lactate-deficient strain

Xylose

1.05

[12]

T. thermosaccharolyticum DSM 571

Overexpression of the butyryl-CoA formation (thl, hbd, crt, bcd, etfA, and etfB)

Xylose

0.38

[20]

T. thermosaccharolyticum W16

Wild type

Corn stover

0.074

[11]

Thermoanaerobacterium sp. M5

Wild type

Xylan

1.17 g/L

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