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Treatment with allyl alcohol selects specifically for mutants of Clostridium acetobutylicum defective in butanol synthesis

FEMS Microbiology Letters (1986) 36(1) 77-81
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1986.tb01670.x
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Abstract

Treatment of Clostridium acetobutylicum with allyl alcohol allowed the selection of mutants which were unable to produce n-butanol, whereas the synthesis of acetone and ethanol was unaffected. Enzymatic investigations revealed that all mutant strains were devoid of butyraldehyde dehydrogenase or showed a very low activity of this enzyme as compared to the wild type. © 1986.

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Dürre, P., Kuhn, A., & Gottschalk, G. (1986). Treatment with allyl alcohol selects specifically for mutants of Clostridium acetobutylicum defective in butanol synthesis. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 36(1), 77–81. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1986.tb01670.x

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