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Table 1 Theoretical yields and achieved yields and titers of the branched biofuels in different hosts

From: Biosynthesis, regulation, and engineering of microbially produced branched biofuels

Product

Theoretical yields

(g/g glucose)

Achieved yields (g/g glucose) and titer (g/L) in different hosts

E. coli

S. cerevisiae

B. subtilis

C. glutamicum

B. flavum

R. eutropha

S. elongatus

Yield

Titer

Yield

Titer

Yield

Titer

Yield

Titer

Yield

Titer

Yield

Titer

Yield

Titer

Isobutanol

0.42

0.42

[98]

50

[99]

0.016

[37]

1.6

[37]

0.066

[27]

2.6

[27]

0.32

[100]

72.69

[100]

0.089

[39]

5.36

[39]

–

0.85

[28]

–

0.45 [40]

3-methyl-1-butanol

0.33

0.11

[4]

9.5

[4]

0.0076

[101]

0.77

[101]

–

Trace

[27]

0.10

[38]

2.8

[38]

0.013

[39]

0.79

[39]

–

0.57

[28]

–

–

2-methyl-1-butanol

0.38

0.17

[102]

1.25

[102]

0.0045

[103]

0.18

[103]

–

Trace

[27]

0.02

[38]

0.37

[38]

0.032

[39]

1.95

[39]

–

–

–

–

C a17:0 (1)

0.34

0.010 [59]

0.21

[59]

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

  1. aTerminally branched LCFAs were always produced as mixtures, here the theoretical yield was calculated assuming a single product of C17:0 (1)