Inceasing isopropanol tolerance in escherichia coli using randomized libraries of camp receptor protein

• Main Author: Lim, Therese Shi Min.
• Other Authors: Jiang Rongrong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering::Biotechnological production
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39404
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Depletion of natural energy resources and global climate change has renewed much interest in biofuels as an alternative form of energy. Isopropanol is both a desired fuel and essential chemical feedstock in the petrochemical industry. It is produced from fermentation using biocatalysts. Here in this...