Isopropyl alcohol-producing bacterium and method for producing isopropyl alcohol
AssigneeMitsui Chemicals, Inc.
InventorsTakashi Morishige, Hitoshi Takahashi, Nozomi Takebayashi, Mitsufumi Wada
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Abstract
The present invention provides an isopropyl alcohol-producing Escherichia coli that includes at least a sucrose hydrolase gene that belongs to a sucrose non-PTS gene group, and an imparted or enhanced isopropyl alcohol production system, and an isopropyl alcohol production method of producing isopropyl alcohol from a sucrose-containing plant-derived raw material using the isopropyl alcohol-producing Escherichia coli.
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An isopropyl alcohol-producing Escherichia coli comprising at least a sucrose hydrolase gene that belongs to a sucrose non-PTS gene group, and an imparted or enhanced isopropyl alcohol production system.
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