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SUBMITTER: Jones SW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5056431 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jones Shawn W SW Fast Alan G AG Carlson Ellinor D ED Wiedel Carrissa A CA Au Jennifer J Antoniewicz Maciek R MR Papoutsakis Eleftherios T ET Tracy Bryan P BP
Nature communications 20160930
Maximizing the conversion of biogenic carbon feedstocks into chemicals and fuels is essential for fermentation processes as feedstock costs and processing is commonly the greatest operating expense. Unfortunately, for most fermentations, over one-third of sugar carbon is lost to CO<sub>2</sub> due to the decarboxylation of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA and limitations in the reducing power of the bio-feedstock. Here we show that anaerobic, non-photosynthetic mixotrophy, defined as the concurrent utiliz ...[more]