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ORGANISM(S): Escherichia coli
SUBMITTER: Peter Turner
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-17786 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Applied and environmental microbiology 20090508 13
Low concentrations of furfural are formed as a side product during the dilute acid hydrolysis of hemicellulose. Growth is inhibited by exposure to furfural but resumes after the complete reduction of furfural to the less toxic furfuryl alcohol. Growth-based selection was used to isolate a furfural-resistant mutant of ethanologenic Escherichia coli LY180, designated strain EMFR9. Based on mRNA expression levels in the parent and mutant in response to furfural challenge, genes encoding 12 oxidored ...[more]