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Table 2 Growth characteristics, ethanol, and butanol production of recombinant E. limosum strains characterized in growth experiments using glucose as carbon source

From: Production of the biocommodities butanol and acetone from methanol with fluorescent FAST-tagged proteins using metabolically engineered strains of Eubacterium limosum

Recombinant E. limosum strains

ODmax

Growth rate (h−1)

Ethanol (mM)

Butanol (mM)

pMTL83251_PbgaL_AdhE2

Induced

2.5

0.17

1.9

1.6

Non-induced

2.8

0.2

0.3

0.3

pMTL83251_PbgaL_C-FAST-AdhE2

Induced

2.5

0.16

1

0.6

Non-induced

3

0.17

0.3

0

pMTL83251_PbgaL_N-FAST-AdhE2

Induced

2.7

0.18

2.4

1.8

Non-induced

3

0.22

0.4

0.2