Response of microbial membranes to butanol : interdigitation vs. disorder

• Main Authors: Guo, Jingjing, Ho, James Chin Shing, Chin, Hokyun, Mark, Alan E., Zhou, Cheng, Kjelleberg, Staffan, Liedberg, Bo, Parikh, Atul N., Cho, Nam-Joon, Hinks, Jamie, Mu, Yuguang, Seviour, Thomas
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Butanol; Microbial Membranes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/150787
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Biobutanol production by fermentation is potentially a sustainable alternative to butanol production from fossil fuels. However, the toxicity of butanol to fermentative bacteria, resulting largely from cell membrane fluidization, limits production titers and is a major factor limiting the uptake of...